26020 - German Women's Literature

Academic Year 2024/2025

Learning outcomes

The student acquires in-depth knowledges of German women's literature. He is able to use practical methodologies for the analysis and the interpretation of the literary text.

Course contents

 

The cours deals with German-Jewish poets in exile in the 20th century.

In particularly, il is dedicated to the a selection of poems by Nelly Sachs.

The teacher will upload to Virtuale the materials and texts dealt with during the course and to be prepared for the exam. These materials have to be used only by the students of the course.

 

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

Readings/Bibliography

Primary sources

Nelly Sachs, Poesie, Torino, Einaudi, 2006.

Nelly Sachs, Epitaffi scritti sull’aria, a cura di Chiara Conterno, Bari, Progedit, 2013.

Nelly Sachs, Lettere dalla notte, a cura di Anna Ruchat, Firenze, Giuntina, 2015.

Paul Celan, Nelly Sachs, Corrispondenza, a cura di Anna Ruchat, Firenze, Giuntina, 2018.

Nelly Sachs, Negli appartamenti della morte, a cura di Anna Ruchat, Firenze, Giuntina, 2024.

Nelly Sachs, Werke. Kommentierte Ausgabe in vier Bänden, Berlin, Suhrkamp, 2010-2011 (una scelta di poesie verrà indicata dalla docente).

Secondary sources

Chiara M. Buglioni, Marco Castellari, Alessandra Goggio, Moira Paleari, Letteratura tedesca. Epoche, generi, intersezioni. Dal primo dopoguerra al nuovo millennio, Le Monnier, Firenze, 2019, pp. 73-174.

Bettina Bannasch, Doerte Bischoff und Burcu Dogramaci (Hrsg.), Exilforschung – Ein internationales Jahrbuch, Band 40/2022, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2022.

Chiar Conterno, Metamorfosi della fuga. La ricerca dell’Assoluto nella lirica di Nelly Sachs, Padova, Unipress, 2010.

Elaine Martin, Nelly Sachs: the Poetics of Silence and the Limits of Representation, Berlin, Boston, De Gruyter, 2011.

Jennifer M. Hoyer, The Space of Words: Exile and Diaspora in the Works of Nelly Sachs, Rochester (New York), Camden House, 2014.

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars.

During the course, students are required to present a poem of their choice that goes beyond those delt with in class. (Non-attending students will present it during the exam.)


Assessment methods

During the course, students are required to present a poem of their choice that goes beyond those delt with in class. (Non-attending students will present it during the exam.)

Students will be required to present the poems and the subjects dealt during the lessons.

For non attending students the exam is the same.

For more information non attending students have to contact the teacher.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Powerpoint, videos, the contribution of experts on the subject will be used.

Office hours

See the website of Chiara Conterno