31350 - German Literature 3

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student has an in-depth knowledge of aspects and problems of the history of literature. Knows the works of individual authors in an analytical way; is able to evaluate the literary quality of the works he reads, addressing the analysis of the texts according to precise critical methodologies, since he has acquired the theoretical tools necessary to recognize the formal, thematic and stylistic components of the individual works, linking them to precise historical contexts and cultural. He is able to comment, translate and exhibit the contents of the works studied, from a linguistic, historical and philological point of view.

Course contents

German literature after the Second World War: 1945-1970

The course deals with the most important texts in German after 1945, up to Uwe Johnson's first volume, Anniversaries. Examples from all text genres will be used to follow how the recent past is processed in the BRD, the DDR and Austria.

Readings/Bibliography

PROGRAMMA PER NON-FREQUENTANTI: I non-frequentanti, al programma previsto per i frequentanti aggiungeranno lo studio di un ulteriore titolo1) Critica:

-Michael Dallapiazza/ Claudio Santi: Storia della letteratura tedesca, vol. 3, Il Novecento. 3. Ed. 2005, Laterza. 179-286

Theodor W. Adorno, "Was bedeutet: Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit," Gesammelte Schriften 10.2. Kulturkritik und Gesellschaft II: Eingriffe. Stichworte. Anhang by Theodor W. Adorno (Suhrkamp: Frankfurt/Main, 1977), 555-572. In italiano viene distribuito all’inizio del corso.

ulteriore materiale sarà distribuito all'inizio del corso.

 

Readings Letture; Vengono trattate le opere di:

Wolfgang Borchert: Draußen vor der Tür; ; Heinrich Böll; Trümmerliteratur; Ilse Aichinger: Die größere Hoffnung; Wolfgang Koeppen: Tauben im Gras e Tod in Rom; Ingeborg Bachmann; Paul Celan; Günter Eich; Bert Brecht; Stephan Hermlin; Christa Wolf; Enzensberger; Günter Grass; Peter Weiss; Rolf Hochhuth, Uwe Johnson

Per l’esame sono da scegliere 4 opere, in lingua originale o in traduzione, tra questi almeno un romanzo,

Romanzi

• Thomas Mann: Doktor Faustus, 1947
• Ilse Aichinger, Die größere Hoffnung, 1948; La speranza più grande
• Heinrich Böll, Wo warst du Adam, 1951; Dov'eri Adamo? -ripubblicato a cura di Anna Ruchat, Mondadori, 2021
• Heinrich Böll , 1949 Il treno era in orario (Der Zug war pünktlich),
• Heinrich Böll ,1951 - (Wo warst du, Adam?), Bompiani (ISBN 88-452-5158-6)
• Wolfgang Koeppen, Der Tod in Rom, La Morte a Roma, 1954
• Guenter Grass, Die Blechtrommel, 1959; Il tamburo di latta
• Guenter Grass, Katz und Maus (1961); Gatto e topoo Il gatto e il topo
• Jurek Becker, Jakob der Lügner, 1969; Jakob il bugiardo
• Uwe Johnson: Jahrestage 1. 1970, o in italiano: I giorni e gli anni, 21 agosto 1967 - 19 dicembre 1967 , traduzione di Nicola Pasqualetti e Delia Angiolini, Roma - L'orma editore, 2014
• Edgar Hilsenrath, Nacht, 1964; Notte
• Christa Wolf, Der geteilte Himmel, 1963; Il cielo diviso

Teatro/Radiodrammi

• Wolfgang Borchert:Draussen vor der Tür (Fuori davanti alla porta), 1946; testo originale in rete:

  https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/borchert/draussen/titlepage.html

• Günter Eich, Träume, 1950 (in: Träume : vier Spiele / Gunter Eich)
• Rolf Hochhuth, Der Stellvertreter, 1963; Il Vicario
• Peter Weiss, Die Ermittlung, 1965; L’istruttoria
• Ingeborg Bachmann, Der gute Gott von Manhattan/ Il buon dio di Manhattan. Radiodramma, 1957
• Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Der Besuch der alten Dame, 1956

  Poesie

• Paul Celan, 10 Gedichte, als pdf unter den Materialien „Insegnamenti online“
• Ingeborg Bachmann, Die gestundete Zeit, 1953
• Ingeborg Bachmann, Anrufung des großen Bären/ Invocazione all'Orsa maggiore 1956

- Gottfried Benn: Poesie Statiche (testo bilingue. Einaudi), 1948

- Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Verteidigung der Wölfe, 1957

- Günter Eich, Abgelegene Gehöfte, 1948

- Günter Eich, Botschaften des Regens, 1955

PROGRAMMA PER NON-FREQUENTANTI: da stabilire con il docente

Verranno presentate una serie di testi e poesie durante il corso, che si troveranno in seguito tra i materiali.

 

Teaching methods

seminar lessons

Assessment methods

The exam consists in an oral interview. During the interview the methodological and critical skills acquired by the student will be evaluated . The student will be invited to discuss the texts covered during the course and to move within the sources and bibliographical material in order to be able to identify in them the useful information that will enable to illustrate the similarities and cultural areas of the discipline. The achievement of an organic vision of the issues addressed during the classes and their critical use, which demonstrate ownership of a mastery of expression and specific language, will be assessed with marks of excellence. Mechanical and / or mnemonic knowledge of matter, synthesis and analysis of non-articulating and / or correct language but not always appropriate will lead to discrete assessments; training gaps and / or inappropriate language - although in a context of minimal knowledge of the material - will lead to votes that will not exceed the sufficiency. Training gaps, inappropriate language, lack of guidance within the reference materials offered during the course will lead to failed assessments.

Office hours

See the website of Michael Gottlieb Dallapiazza