Course: Fundamentals of Literary Interpretation

ECTS credits: 4

Language: German

Duration: one semester

Status: obligatory

Course type: 2 hours of lectures

Enrolment requirements: none

Course description: Students extend their knowledge on literary genres, types and forms and learn the concepts and methods needed for the analysis and interpretation of lyric, epic and drama texts.

Learning outcomes: Students will be able to: recognise, explain and use the basic critical apparatus of the literary science and basic notions of literary criticism in the analysis of literary works, name, distinguish and define literary types, forms and genres in the German language, name, distinguish and use basic analytical notions in the analysis of evocative narrative and drama texts; apply critical apparatus and basic knowledge on literary stylistic forms in the analysis of literary works.

Teaching methods: direct instructions, teaching through lectures, presentations

Literature: Svjetlan Lacko Vidulić: Literatur studieren. Einführung in die germanistische Literaturwissenschaft. Zagreb: Leykam international 2016.

Evaluation Methods and Grading: class attendance, written exam