19th Century German Literature
Code
711101072
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Alemães
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Fernando Ribeiro
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1.Summoning knowledge about german and european XIXth to introduce facts and concepts about german literary movements : Junges Deutschland/Vormärz, Bürgerlicher Realismus e Naturalismus.
2.praticing skills aiming literary works (star) close reading and comprehension of programmatic texts (satelite), both selected as paradigmatic of literary movement and gender according to a pratical-theoretical point of view:
2.1-Comprehensive reading.
2.2.Observing and annotating singularities shown in literary author-work, movement-gender.
3.Summonning skills for reflexion on literary-history interaction under thesis-antithesis-synthesis rhythm reflected upon historical-cultural sequence during XIXth.
4.Summoning synthesis skills through individual assignments: to write down small essays to prove paradigmatic character of literary works born in Germany at this Europes epoch: 4.1. referring literary gender and movements; 4.2. poetical communication within literary creation.
Prerequisites
German language competence level A2.2.
Subject matter
1.Comprehending literary movements in Germanys XIXth: Junges Deutschland/Vormärz, Bürgerlicher Realismus e Naturalismusfocusing a dynamic literary crisis overcoming:
1.1-From absolute reality literary representation through Phantasie und Ironie during national consciences consolidation romantic period to the social-historical reality representation of present-day life Tagesliteratur in Junges Deustchland/Vormärz with the help of Märchen, Poems and Drama close reading.
1.2.-Social-historical literary representation, according to a mild realistic idealistic perspective - played by a culturally and politically dominant bourgeoisie committed to the Reichs unification - by means of paradigmatic Bürgerlicher Realismus Novellen and poems close reading.
1.3.Representation of social-historical reality under a modern, revolutionary, experimental literary perspective defended by a either tradition or contemporary cultural movements reguarding writer´s poems and drama close reading.
Bibliography
AAVV. (2013). Metzler Lexikon Literatur- und Kulturtheorie: Ansätze Personen.Stuttgart./AAVV.(1995). Romantik. Stuttg.:Reclam.
AAVV.(1995).Kleine Deutsche Geschichte, Stutt.:Reclam.
AAVV.(1982).Deutsche Literatur.Vom Naturalismus zum Expressionismus 1880-1918.R/H:RORORO./AAVV.(1979). Vormärz.Stuttg.:Reclam
AAVV.(1977). Naturalismus.Stuttg.:Reclam.
- .(1977). Bürgerlicher Realismus. Stuttg.:Reclam./ - .(1977).Naturalismus.Stuttg.:Reclam./AAVV.(1989).Literatura Alemã. Textos e contextos (1700-1900).Lisboa:Presença./
Beutin, W. et al.(2013).Deutsche Literatur Geschichte: Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.Stuttg.:Metzler./Bark, J.(1984).Biedermeier - Vormärz : bürgerlicher Realismus.Stuttg.:Klett./Coyle, M. et al.(2002). Literary Terms and Criticism.Hampshire:Basingstoke./Hamann, R., et al.(1977)Epochen deutscher Kultur. Von 1870 bis zur Gegenwart.F/M:Fischer. /Scheidl,L., et al.(1996).Dois Séculos de história alemã- Textos e documentos dos séculos XIX e XX. Coimbra:Minerv
Teaching method
Teaching methodologies include exposition lectures aiming to critical reading, encouraging the commentary and historical-cultural contextualized synthesis; role-play reading session.
Evaluation method
Assessment: three open-book tests (85%); three individual small assignments and qualified participation in class ( 15%).