| CODE | GRM2051 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Deutsche Prosa / Reading German literary prose | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | German | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The generic term “prose”, having its origin in the ancient “epos”, concerns one of the three main genres of literature, which can be realized in different forms of text. This study-unit will focus on short prose. Short prose, if not already a sub-genre on its own, has become a specific form of literature which includes sketches, epigrams, droll stories and anecdotes as well as short and shortest stories. Masters of short prose in German literature are Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, Wolfgang Borchert, Heinrich Böll, Günter Eich, Peter Bichsel, Gabriele Wohmann and Judith Hermann. Whilst deriving from the Anglo-American tradition of short stories after 1945, the German “Kurzgeschichten” have also become commercially more and more successful. The study-unit will analyze features and forms of short prose texts in German, involving authors and texts (and their interpretation) from the 19th century until today. ach participant will give a brief talk on a chosen aspect of the course topic. Der Oberbegriff "Prosa" bezeichnet, im Anschluss an das antike "Epos", eine der drei Hauptgattungen der Literaturwissenschaft, die in verschiedenen Textformen realisiert werden kann. Im Kurs wird der Fokus auf kurzer Prosa liegen. Kurze Prosa hat sich, wenn nicht zu einer eigenen Gattung, so doch zu einer spezifischen Kunstform in der Literatur entwickelt. Dazu gehören Skizzen, Schwänke, Epigramme und Anekdoten genauso wie Kurz- und Kürzestgeschichten, wobei die Übergänge zwischen den einzelnen Textformen oft fließend sind. Meister der kurzen Form in der deutschen Literatur sind beispielsweise Autoren wie Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, Wolfgang Borchert, Heinrich Böll, Günter Eich, Peter Bichsel, Gabriele Wohmann und Judith Hermann, wobei sich - ausgehend vom Konzept der American short story – die Kurzgeschichte nach 1945 zu einer spezifischen, auch kommerziell erfolgreicheren Textform entwickelt hat. Das Seminar wird in einem ersten theoretisch-allgemeinen Teil Merkmale und Ausprägungen kurzer Prosaformen in den Blick nehmen und dies dann anhand einzelner Texte und Autoren vom 19. Jahrhundert bis heute exemplifizieren. Einzelne Aspekte sollen in kürzeren Referaten durch die Teilnehmer/-innen vorgestellt und diskutiert werden. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to provide students with literary texts that participate equally in tradition and modernity. It also aims at enhancing participants' understanding of German literature - and in particular of the genre "Prose" - in order to understand the mentality and cultural memory of the German speaking world by focussing on the literary work of some of the most important texts and writers of short prose in German. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - classify and distinguish between different literary genres; - understand and also improve their language and research skills; - assess and analyze shorter literary works (short stories) in German; - master a longer written study on German literature. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - analyze, assess and classify features of contemporary German literature; - relate literary and philosophical ideas to historical developments. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Werner Bellmann (ed.): Klassische deutsche Kurzgeschichten. Stuttgart: Reclam 2003 (ISBN 3-150-18251-4). Werner Bellmann (ed.): Interpretationen: Klassische deutsche Kurzgeschichten. Stuttgart: Reclam 2004 (ISBN 3-150-17525-9). Hans-Christoph Graf v. Nayhauss (ed.): Theorie der Kurzgeschichte: (Arbeitstexte für den Unterricht). Stuttgart: Reclam 2004 (ISBN 3-150-15057-4). Richard Newnham (ed.): German short stories = Deutsche Kurzgeschichten. Penguin 1964. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Seminar | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Claire Scicluna |
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