- Docente: Giovanni Nadiani
- Credits: 4
- SSD: L-LIN/13
- Language: German
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Applied cross-language Communication (cod. 0545)
Learning outcomes
Course contents
This course will provide students with elements of history of literature and, especially, literary genres, stylistic and comparative studies, with which to identify the various forms of the genre known as Kurzprosa, i.e. short fiction, and as Hörspiel as well in contemporary German literature (the last 70 years). Students will be able to identify the specific varieties or sub-genres of Kurzprosa and thus outline their respective features after reading and analysing authentic excerpts taken from the works by the most relevant German authors who make use of such forms.
Readings/Bibliography
Mandatory Readings
Bellmann, W.; Hummel, C. (Hrsg.). Deutsche Kurzprosa der Gegenwart. Reclam.
Bichsel, P. (1994). Zur Stadt Paris - Geschichten . Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp. [Taschenbuch].
Destro, A. a cura di (2001). I paesi di lingua tedesca. Storia, cultura, società. Il Mulino.
Kunert, G.(1999). Immer wieder am Anfang. Erzählungen und kleine Prosa. Reclam.
Nadiani, G. (2004). Prosa breve tedesca . Bologna: Gedit. [CD-Rom con libretto. All'interno del CD-Rom è consultabile una vasta bibliografia di riferimento].
Nadiani, G. (2007). TAGS [Translation of Artificially Generated Stories]. Faenza: Mobydick
Teaching methods
Partial information / documentation lectures.
Analysis and discussion seminars on the considered material.
Discussion seminars on the students' individual work.
Assessment methods
The form of assessment will be an oral exam in German concerning the material dealt with during the course and the selected readings. The exam will start with a presentation given by the student on a specific text by an author of the student's choice.
Teaching tools
The main focus of the course is to define and present the genre known as Kurzprosa, i.e. short fiction, in its various and ever-changing forms in contemporary German literature, from the 1930s to the present day, especially focusing on the 50s, 60s and 90s. The main features of Kurzprosa sub-genres such as Erzählung, Kurzgeschichte, Kürzestprosa (Kürzestgeschichte, Prosagedicht, Kalendergeschichte, Prosastück; Kurzroman etc.) and of Hörspiel will be outlined through some relevant historic-literary background information and through the analysis of texts.
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Nadiani