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.

 

 

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

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.

 

Or in German:

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:

- Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Le tenere sorelle, in Commedie, a cura di Maurizio Pirro, Mucchi, Modena, 2020, pp. 129-199;

- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan il saggio, transl. by A. Casalegno, Garzanti, 2013;

- Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werther / I dolori del giovane Werther, a cura di Giuliano Baioni, note al testo di Stefania Sbarra, Torino, Einaudi, 1998;

- Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Faust e Urfaust. Testo tedesco a fronte, a cura di Giovanni Vittorio Amoretti, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2014. (Ci concentreremo sull'Urfaust.)

Moreover, one of these two works:

- Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, trad. di Italo Alighiero Chiusano, a cura di Emilio Bonfatti, Marsilio, Venezia, 2004;

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

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

N.B.:

Students from Lettere who have to collect 6 CFU have to read two of these works:

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Commedie, a cura di Maurizio Pirro, Mucchi, Modena, 2020;

- Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, trad. di Italo Alighiero Chiusano, a cura di Emilio Bonfatti, Marsilio, Venezia, 2004;

- Lessing, Nathan il saggio, trad. di A. Casalegno, con introduzione di Emilio Bonfatti, Garzanti, Milano, 2013;

 

Moreover, they don't have to study the chapters about Sturm und Drang.

 

 

 

 

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