Culture of German-Speaking Countries – 19th and 20th Century

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011737
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The diachronic approach that underlies this curricular unit will be divided in moments of greater lecturing character (for which both teacher and students will be responsible) and moments of collective analysis and debate of various texts and documents related to the themes in question.

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit “Culture of German-Speaking Countries – 19th and 20th Century” aims at familiarizing students with the main characteristics of the German-speaking countries in the mentioned centuries, always taking into account the wider context of the European culture of the time.
By the end of the semester, students should be able to:
1. identify and comment on texts and other documents related to the unit’s main topics;
2. relate the various cultural contexts with one another, analyzing them critically and in a historical perspectivation;
3. analyze and present the discussed themes, showing intellectual autonomy, synthesizing capacity, argumentation skills and high proficiency in oral and written expression;
4. show that they have developed attitudes of intellectual curiosity and rigor, as well as critical and emancipated thought.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Aspects of the culture of the German-speaking countries from the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century

1. German unification and the “Bismarck Era”. The Austro-Hungarian Empire.

2. Art in the second half of the century: Poetic Realism or Bourgeois Realism; Naturalism.

3. “Wilhelmine Era”.

4. The artistic evolution: Modernism and Expressionism.

5. First World War. Switzerland.

6. The Austrian Republik. The German Republik.

7. Artistic experimentation and the social-political role of art in the twenties.

8. Hitler and Nazism.

9. Second World War.

10. The beginning of the “Cold War” and the formation of the two German states.

The syllabus may vary from one edition to the other, depending on the academic staff member in charge of the curricular unit.

Head Lecturer(s)

Rogério Paulo da Costa Madeira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 25.0%
Participation in the classes’ debates, short presentations of texts and other documents:: 25.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

Beller, S. (2007). A Concise History of Austria. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Beutin, W. et al. (1993-94). História da Literatura Alemã das Origens à Actualidade. Lisboa: Apáginastantas, Cosmos.

Burns, R. (ed.) (1995). German Cultural Studies. An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kitchen, M. (2006). A History of Modern Germany. 1800-2000. Malden (MA): Blackwell.

Martelo, D. (2013). Origens da Grande Guerra. Rumo às Trincheiras. Percurso Político-Militar (1871-1914). Lisboa: Sílabo.

Müller, H. (2002). Schlaglichter der deutschen Geschichte. Bonn: bpb.

Opitz, A. et al. (1998). Sociedade e Cultura Alemãs. Lisboa: Univ. Aberta.

Scheidl, L., Melo, I. A., Ribeiro, A. S. (1996). Dois Séculos de História Alemã. Política, Sociedade e Cultura (3.ª ed.). Coimbra: Minerva.