Teacher
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DEL ZOPPO Paola
(syllabus)
Topic of the course is the concept of Exophonie, connected with those of Heimat/ heimlich as well as migration and exhile, with some history hints from 1918 onward. A discussion about social and aesthetic categories connected to the theme will be considered (stygma, otherness, melting and so on). In a second part of the course (30 hours) German contemporary writers (Essays and fiction) will be analyzed, with a special focus on the isotopy of the Artist’s novel and the Intellectual novel (Kuenstlerroman e Gelehrtenroman).
(reference books)
Students will all read Dr. Faustus by Thomas Mann and three novels from the reading list below (a) discussing the choices with the teacher (one of the Novels must be in German, chosen according to the language level of students). Students will also choose a text from reading list b), to be read in the language they prefer, the literature book (foreign language students can ask for an English or German equivalent).
Per tutti:
Th. Mann, Doktor Faustus, Mondadori (Dr. Faustus, Fischer) L. Frank, Deutsche Novelle, Michaels Rueckkehr (Aufbau)
Raul Calzoni, La letteratura tedesca contemporanea, Carocci.
a) L. Monikova, La facciata, Mondadori (German: Die Fassade, DTV) S. Lewitscharoff, Blumenberg, Del Vecchio Editore (German: Suhrkamp; English: Seagull Books) F. Hoppe, Johanna, Del Vecchio Editore (German: Fischer) L. Seiler, Kruso, Del Vecchio Editore (German: Surkamp, English: ) N. Kermani, Sozusagen Paris, Hanser H. J. Ortheil, Il suono della vita, Keller (German: Die Erfindung des Lebens, Rowohlt) O. Grijasnova, Tutti i russi amano le betulle, Keller (German: Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt, Suhrkamp) A. Baar, Die Farbe der Granatapfel, Hanser W. Kappacher, Der Fliegenpalast, Residenz Verlag.
b) Th. Mann, Nobiltà dello spirito e altri saggi, Mondadori (Essays) N. Kermani, Lo stupore e la bellezza. Meraviglia e seduzione dell’arte cristiana, Marsilio; Stato di emergenza, Keller H. Domin, Le mie dimore, Del Vecchio Editore (Aber die Hoffnung, Fischer; Das Gedicht als Augenblick von Freiheit, Fischer)
c) Tra i testi di riferimento teorico gli studenti leggeranno interamente almeno uno dei seguenti testi: P. Zima, Der Europaeischen Kuenstlerroman: von der romantischen Utopie zur postmodernen Parodie, Tuebingen, 2008 A. Takeda, Wir sind wie Baumstaemme im Schnee. Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Ed.): Literatur und Migration (= Text+Kritik. Sonderband IX), München 2006 Paul Michael Lützeler (ed.): Schreiben zwischen den Kulturen. Beiträge zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur, Frankfurt/M. 1996
ATTENZIONE: Part of the course will consist in reading and analyzing: H. Arendt, La lingua materna
Every student will show an adeguate knowledge of the history of German Literature from 1800 to 2000.
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