Course: History of the 18th century German Literature

ECTS credits: 4

Language: German

Duration: one semester

Status: obligatory

Course type: 2 hours of lesson

Enrolment requirements: course “Fundamentals of Literary Interpretation”

Course description: This course covers following topics: 1. Enlightment in European and German Cultural History. An Introduction; 2.-3. poetry of Enlightment; 4.-5. theory of Enlightment. Gottsched. Gellert, Bodmer, Breitinger; 6. G. E. Lessings literary horizonts; 7. Herder and Anticlassicism; 8.-9. Goethe and Sturm und Drang; 10-11. Schillers theory and drama; 12.-13 Weimarer Classic; 14.-15. Schiller in Weimarer Classic.

Learning outcomes: Students will be able to: understand and describe literary texts in the context of their occurrence and impact (social, esthetic, cultural, medial and biographical aspects) and to understand the peculiarities of different literary types and forms.

Teaching methods: teaching through lectures, presentations, E-Learning (Omega)

Literature: A: J. Ch. Günther; B.H.Brockes; F. G. Klopstock. Poetry; G. E. Lessing: Minna von Barnhelm, Emilia Galotti, Nathan der Weise; J. W. Goethe: Poetry. Götz von Berlichingen, Iphigenie auf Tauris, Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Faust I.; F. Schiller: Die Räuber, Maria Stuart, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, Poetry; B: Viktor Žmegač (ed.): Geschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, 3 Bde, Königstein, 1979-1984; Viktor Žmegač, Zdenko Škreb, Ljerka Sekulić: Njemačka književnost, Zagreb, 2004; Peter-André Alt: Aufklärung. Lehrbuch Germanistik, Stuttgart/Weimar, 2007.

Evaluation Methods and Grading: class attendance, written exam, oral exam