13298 - German Literature (1)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will have acquired in-depth knowledge about modern German literature, with special attention to the relationship between literary texts and historical, artistic and linguistic context. The student will have a sound knowledge of the individual authors and works, and will be able to evaluate the literary quality of the works that have been studied, analyzing the texts according to specific critical methodologies.

Course contents

Cultural Heritage and the literature of the Enlightenment and its literary forms and expressions: novel, epistolary novel, theatre, newspapers, journals, exchanges of letters.

 

Readings/Bibliography

A) Books for the study of the history of literature:

In Italian:

1. Emilio Bonfatti, Agli albori dell’Illuminismo, in Emilio Bonfatti, Anna Morisi, La nascita della letteratura tedesca, Carocci, Roma, 2005, pp. 229-245; 253-272.

2. Chiara M. Buglioni, Marco Castellari, Alessandra Goggio, Moira Paleari, Letteratura tedesca. Epoche, generi, intersezioni. Dal Medioevo al primo Novecento (vol. 1), Le Monnier Università, Firenze, 2019, pp. 65-164.

3. Michele Cometa (ed.), L'età classico-romantica. La cultura letteraria in Germania fra Settecento e Ottocento, Bari, Laterza, 2009, chap. 1 and chap. 2.

For other information:

Anton Reininger, Storia della letteratura tedesca fra l'Illuminismo e il Postmoderno 1700-2000, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino, 2005, p. 21-108 (chap. Illuminismo, Empfindsamkeit, Sturm und Drang)

 

Or in German:

1. Stefan Greif, Literatur der Aufklärung, Stuttgart, UTB, 2013.

2. Christoph Jürgensen, Ingo Irsigler, Sturm und Drang, Stuttgart, UTB, 2010.

3. Rolf Selbmann, Deutsche Klassik, Paderborn/München, Schöningh, 2005.

4. Volker C. Dörr, Weimarer Klassik, Stuttgart, UTB, 2007.

Or:

Wolfgang Beutin [et al.], Deutsche Literaturgeschichte : von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart, Weimar, J. B. Metzler, 2001 (only the chapters on the 18t^h century)

Or:

Reiner Ruffing, Deutsche Literaturgeschichte, Stuttgart, UTB, 2019 (only the chapters on the 18th century)

B) Works:

- Lessing, Briefe, die neueste Literatur betreffend: 17. Literaturbrief (the 17^th letter will be given by the lecturer);

- Lessing, Nathan il saggio, transl. by A. Casalegno, Garzanti, 1992;

- Goethe, I dolori del giovane Werther, Oscar Mondadori, 2002;

- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Sulla fisiognomica edited by G. Cantarutti, La scuola di Pitagora editrice, 2017; or Friedrich Schiller, I Masnadieri, edited by Luca Crescenzi, Mondadori, 1993;

 a selection of tests will be given by the lecturer during the course.

ATTENTION: The teacher will make available a ppt-presentation for the EXCLUSIVE USE of the students of the course because it is unpublished material and il will be published.

N.B.:

Students from Lettere who have to collect 6 CFU don't have to study these works: 

- Friedrich Schiller, I Masnadieri, edited by Luca Crescenzi, Mondadori, 1993;

- the part about literary antropology;

- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Sulla fisiognomica a cura di G. Cantarutti, La scuola di Pitagora editrice, 2017.

 

 

 

 

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

An oral exam of three questions.

One question is on Lessing.

Non attending-students: The program is the same, but it is advisable to contact the teacher.

Teaching tools

The projector will be used.

Links to further information

https://site.unibo.it/fucuhe/it

Office hours

See the website of Chiara Conterno