German Literature from Poetic Realism to Expressionism

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01011780
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

Classes will be divided in moments of greater lecturing character (for which both teacher and students will be responsible), moments of thorough text analysis and moments of collective debate over specific issues raised by the literary works in question.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims at familiarizing students with representative texts of the German literature from the middle of the 19th century till the 1920s. It intends to develop the sensibility to the literary text, as well as to encourage critical reflexion on the dialogue between literature and its multiple contexts (historical, social, aesthetical, receptional, etc.).
By the end of the semester, students should be able to:
1. understand the literary text in its semantic and technical-compositive elements;
2. analyse and comment literary and programmatic texts of the periods in question, showing intellectual autonomy, synthesizing abilities, argumentation skills and high proficiency in oral and written expression;
3. show that they have developed attitudes of intellectual curiosity and rigor, as well as a critical and emancipated thought.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Realist aesthetics in the second half of the 19th century:

a) Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest

b) Naturalist poetry (Arno Holz)

2. The various modernist movements:

a) Modernist poetry (Stefan George, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Rainer Maria Rilke)

b) Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Reitergeschichte

3. Expressionism:

a) Franz Kafka, Das Urteil

b) Expressionist poetry (Georg Trakl, Jakob van Hoddis, Gottfried Benn, Georg Heym, etc.)

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

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in the classas’ debates, short oral presentations of texts: 25.0%
Frequency: 25.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

Beutin, W. et al. (2001). Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (6. Aufl.). Stuttgart/Weimar: Metzler [Trad. Port. da 2.ª e 4.ª ed.: W. B. et al. (1993-94). História da Literatura Alemã das Origens à Actualidade. Lisboa: Apáginastantas, Cosmos].

Ribeiro, A. S. (1999). Literatura Alemã II. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.

Fontane, T. (1980). Effi Briest. Roman. Stuttgart: Reclam [Trad. Port.: T. F. (2005). Effi Briest. Algés: Difel].

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

Wellbery, D., Ryan, J. (ed.) (2004). A New History of German Literature. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.