Course: Seminar in German literature of the 19th century B

ECTS credits: 2

Language: German

Duration: one semester

Status: elective

Course type: 2 hours of seminar

Enrolment requirements: course “History of the 18th century German Literature”

Course description: The course covers following topics: 1. introduction; 2. Romantic poetry (Novalis, Eichendorff); 3.-4. Heinrich von Kleist: Der zerbrochene Krug; 5.-6. E. T. A. Hoffmann: Der goldene Topf; 7.-8. Heinrich Heines poetry; 9.-10. Georg Büchner: Dantons Tod; 11.-12. Johann Nestroy: Der Talisman; 13.-14. Gottfried Keller: Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe.

Learning outcomes: Students will be able to: conduct literary analysis of selected texts, describe literary texts in their social and receptive context and give their own opinion on the question of evaluation of literary texts.

Teaching methods: classroom discussion, presentations, discussion

Literature: A: Kleist: Der zerbrochene Krug; Novalis: Die Hymnen an die Nacht; E.T.A. Hoffmann: Der goldene Topf; H. Heine: Lyrik; G. Büchner: Dantons Tod; Nestroy: Der Talisman; Keller: Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe; B: Viktor Žmegač (Ur.): Geschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, sv. I. drugi dio & sv. II, prvi dio, Frankfurt a. M. 1979 i dr; Detlef Kremer (2007): Romantik. Lehrbuch Germanistik. Stuttgart/Weimar: Metzler; Monika Schmitz-Emans (2009): Einführung in die Literatur der Romantik. Darmstadt: WBG; Gerhard Schulz: Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Bd. VII, Teil 1–2, München 1983, 1989.

Evaluation Methods and Grading: class attendance, presentation, seminar paper