- Docente: Chiara Conterno
- Credits: 9
- SSD: L-LIN/13
- Language: German
- Moduli: Chiara Conterno (Modulo 1) Chiara Conterno (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students should know the literature of the 20th Century and the contemporary literature. Moreover, they should be able to understand and contextualize a text in German language.
Course contents
The course deals with authors and works characterized by „turning-points“ and „threshold-processes“ and it considers German literature from the beginning of the 20th Century up to today in its literary forms and expressions (above all novels and poetry). In particular, the course will analyse works by these authors: Arthur Schnitzler, Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler, Thomas Mann, Karl Wolfskehl, Nelly Sachs, Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, Elias Canetti, Paula Ludwig, Stella Rotenberg, Julya Rabinowich, Katja Petrowskaja, SAID, Monika Rinck, Durs Grünbein and Yoko Tawada.
Readings/Bibliography
Anton Reininger, La letteratura tedesca dal Settecento ai nostri giorni, Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier, 2005 (only the chapters on the 20th century).
Wolfgang Beutin [et al.], Deutsche Literaturgeschichte : von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart, Weimar, J. B. Metzler, 2001 (solo i capitoli sul Novecento).
Arthur Schnitzler, Der Weg ins Freie. Roman 1908, Frankfurt a.M., Fischer, 2007 (a selection of texts will be given by the lecturer).
Thomas Mann, Der Tod in Venedig. Novelle, Frankfurt a.M., Fischer, 2015.
Elias Canetti, Die gerettete zunge: Geschichte einer Jugend, Munchen/Wien, C. Hanser, 1984 (a selection of texts).
Katja Petrowskaja, Vielleicht Esther. Geschichten, Berlin, Frankfurt a.M., 2014.
Julya Rabinowich, Spaltkopf, Wien, Deutike, 2011 (a selection of texts will be given by the lecturer).
Poems and texts by Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler, Karl Wolfskehl, Stefan Zweig, Nelly Sachs, Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, Stella Rotenberg, Paula Ludwig, Monika Rinck, Durs Grünbein, SAID and Yoko Tawada will be given by the lecturer.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods
Students will be required to present a paper.
The oral exam consists of 3 questions; the first question is based on the paper prepared during the course.
Teaching tools
The projector will be used.
Office hours
See the website of Chiara Conterno
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.