- Docente: Chiara Conterno
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-LIN/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Italian Studies and European Literary Cultures (cod. 6051)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Modern, Post-Colonial and Comparative Literatures (cod. 0981)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)
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from Mar 31, 2025 to May 14, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student knows the history of German literature, its main authors and their texts, and the literary and cultural trends and movements that have characterized it.
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