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LevelGerman Literature: Identity and Alterity from the Enlightenment (B-KUL-F0UZ1A)
Gilleir Anke |
Rock Lene
(cooperator)
Aims
Both individual and collective identities have been an important subject of discussion in a great variety of theoretical and social debates since some years. The focus of this seminar lies on the construction of identity and on the role of literature in this process. Identity will function as a motif for the analysis of literary texts from the Enlightenment until the present day.
Previous knowledge
- knowledge of German (spoken and written)
- Basics of German literary history
Course material
Articles and literature
Is also included in other courses
- Study Abroad Programme in European Culture and Society (PECS)
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Master of Western Literature
60 ects.
- Master of Linguistics and Literature (Language Module German) 60 ects.
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Master of Western Literature
60 ects.
Activities
6.0 ects. German Literature: Identity and Alterity from the Enlightenment (B-KUL-F0UZ1a)
Description of learning activities
The seminar stresses the collective reading of theoretical, historical and literary texts: students are required to attend each meeting and to contribute to the discussion on the basis of questions assigned in advance.
Course material
- Sophie Laroche. Erscheinungen am See Oneida. (1798, Bd.1 u. Bd. 2) siehe: http://sophie.byu.edu/colonial/index.php?p=text.php&textid=1621
- Heinrich von Kleist. Die Verlobung in St. Domingo. In: Die Verlobung in St. Domingo. Das Bettelweib. Der Findling. Stuttgart: Reclam (UB 8003), 3-42.
- Stefan Zweig. Phantastische Nacht. In: Phantastische Nacht. Erzählungen. Frankfurt: Fischer 2002.
- Barbara Frischmuth. Die Schrift des Freundes. Berlin: Aufbau 2006.
- Feridun Zaimoglu. Kanak Sprak. 24 Mißtöne vom Rande der Gesellschaft. Hamburg: Rotbuch 2004 (1995)
A reader with some theoretical articles and textfragments will be distributed at the beginning of term.
Evaluation
Evaluation: German literature: Identity and Alterity from the Enlightenment (B-KUL-F2UZ1a)
Explanation
The students write a paper (5000 words) within the thematic scope of the course but with a specific focus, on a literary text of their own choice. Each student will introduce her/his paper as work in progress (!) during the last weeks of term in a short oral presentation. Participation into the discussion will be taking into acount for the final evaluation.
