NJI_315B Biblical Intertextuality in German Novels since 1990

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Trombiková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martina Trombiková, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main characters of the novels from the corpus of the course intertextually refer to the biblical characters, though they are found in new contexts of their own fictional worlds. The aim of this course is to answer to a question in what way and why the contemporary German authors make use of biblical references in their novels. What is the function and meaning of the biblical intertextuality in contemporary German novels after 1990? In this course should the students discuss about the novels on the basis of the lecture of this books and the theory of the intertextuality by Broich and Pfister.
Learning outcomes
The students should be able to identify, describe, categorize and interpret the biblical intertextuality in literary texts. They should also be able to differentiate the references to the religion in literary texts and to write a thesispaper.
Syllabus
  • 1. To the religion in the contemporary German literature (after 1990): Introduction 2. To the theory of the intertextuality 3. Martin Walser: Muttersohn (2011) 4. Martin Walser: Muttersohn (2011) 5. Ingo Schulze: Adam und Evelyn (2008) 6. Ingo Schulze: Adam und Evelyn (2008) 7. Patrick Roth: Johnny Shines oder Die Wiedererweckung der Toten (1993) 8. Patrick Roth: Johnny Shines oder Die Wiedererweckung der Toten (1993) 9. Sibylle Lewitscharoff: Pong (1998) und Pong redivivus (2013) 10. Sibylle Lewitscharoff: Consummatus (2006) 11. Sibylle Lewitscharoff: Consummatus (2006) 12. Discussion about the way of the use of the biblical intertextuality in contemporary German novels after 1990
Literature
    recommended literature
  • TROMBIKOVÁ, Martina. Biblische Intertextualität in deutschen Romanen seit 1990. Verwendung, Funktion und Bedeutung (Biblical Intertextuality in German Novels since 1990. Use, Function and Importance). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2017, 212 pp. Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, sv. 468. ISBN 978-80-210-8738-5. info
Teaching methods
reading, homework, class discussion about the lecture, paper
Assessment methods
Lecture of the books/extracts, activity in the discussion, paper
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course is taught every week.
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