30031 - German Literature 1 (LM) (B)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Margherita Versari
  • Credits: 9
  • Language: German
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Culture and Language for Foreigners (cod. 0983)

Learning outcomes

students are supposed to have a good knowledge of the history of German modern
literature, with particular reference to the relation between
literature and its historical, artistic and linguistic contexts.
Students are able to analyse and interpret a literary text. 

Course contents

art and artists in german literature from 1780 to the
beginning of the xx century. through close readings, the course will provide the
instruments  to reflect on the texts’ implicit
poetic.  
a knowledge of German literature from 1770 till 1900 is
required.
students are strongly advised to read the main texts before the
beginning of the course.

Readings/Bibliography

-Goethe: "Torquato Tasso" (1780; pubblicato nel 1790)

-Wackenroder/Tieck: "Raphaels Erscheinung" e "Das merkwürdige musikalische Leben des Tonkünstlers Joseph Berglinger" (1796)

-Novalis: "Heinrich von Ofterdingen" (1801)

-E.T.A. Hoffmann: "Rat Krespel" (1817-19) e "Des Vetters Eckfenster" (1822)

-Grillparzer: "Der arme Spielmann" (1847)

- Storm: "Immensee" (1849)

-Th Mann: "Der Tod in Venedig" (1912

Teaching methods

Close reading of the texts with particular attention to the representation of art and the figure of the artist

Assessment methods

Oral examination

Office hours

See the website of Margherita Versari