NJII_76 Decadence of some german writers

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 16:40–18:15 K12 nerezervovat
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This optional course which is offered for all students of German Philology focuses on the well-known and less-known German and Austrian authors in whose works the themes of death, doom, end, destruction, etc. appear. In the first 7-8 seminars the students will get acquainted with these authors and with their works and the rest of the seminars are dedicated to presentations on similar topics. At the end of this course, the students should be able to know the framework of the discussed works and they should be able to class the single authors to the literary context of these works. The students should understand why this topic has been so attractive in the course of the 20th century; they should be able to explain the essence of separate variations on this topic as well as to provide arguments based on concrete examples. Man objectives can be summarized as follows: the understand the basic forms of the German Literature, which describes various forms of the death, disappearance.
Syllabus
  • In the first 7-8 lessons should be the writers and the context of literature and philosophy brought to the attention. In the rest will be accounts presented. E. Canetti, S. Nadolny, P. Handke, P. Suskind, Ch. Ransmayr.
Literature
  • URVÁLEK, Aleš. Zu einigen tödlichen Formen der Vernunft im Werk Elias Canettis. Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik. Brno: Masarykova universita, 2000, XIV, R5, p. 185-195, 10 pp. ISSN 80-210-2229-9. info
  • URVÁLEK, Aleš. Der Tod im Werk Elias Canettis. Edited by Jiří Munzar. 1999, 87 s. info
  • KOVÁŘ, Jaroslav. Vertraut und fremd. Österreichische Autoren in tschechischen Übersetzungen (am Beispiel Stefan Zweig, Arthur Schnitzler und Peter Handke). Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. R, Řada germanistická. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, XI, p. 93-100. ISSN 1211-4979. info
  • CANETTI, Elias. Masa a moc. Translated by Jiří Stromšík. 1. vyd. Praha: Arcadia, 1994, 575 s. ISBN 80-85812-08-8. info
  • STROMŠÍK, Jiří. Od Grimmelshausena k Dürrenmattovi :(kapitoly z německé literatury). Edited by Václav Maidl. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1994, 348 s. ISBN 80-85787-68-7. info
  • CANETTI, Elias. Die Blendung : Roman. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1993, 511 s. ISBN 3596119014. info
  • EIGLER, Friederike. Das autobiographische Werk von Elias Canetti. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, 1988, x, 211 s. ISBN 3-923721-37-4. info
  • Huter der Verwandlung. Geitrage zum Werk von Elias Canetti. Frankfurt: Fischer, 1988, 303 s. ISBN 3-596-26880-X. info
  • RENNER, Rolf Günter. Peter Handke. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1985, ix, 204 s. ISBN 3-476-10218-1. info
Teaching methods
The seminar is based on methods of presentation, analysis and synthesis of knowledge. It also uses collective work, in-class discussions and individual work of students.
Assessment methods
Lectures and seminars, discussion in the lesson. The student will get the credit if he/she gives an oral presentation of a selected topic.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
General note: Přednětem semináře Canetti, Ransmayr, Süskind, Nadolny, Handke.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016.
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