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13171 German Literature in Modern Languages and Cultures L-11 STEFA NIKETA
(syllabus)
The course covers the history of German literature, with particular reference to the period from Late Classicism to Romanticism.
It is a critical study of texts and authors of early 19th century German literature. Lectures focus on the Bildungsroman as a genre of modern European literature. Particular attention will be paid to the analysis of the narrative works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jean Paul, Friedrich Hölderlin, Novalis (Georg Friedrich Philipp Freiherr von Hardenberg), Heinrich von Kleist, Joseph von Eichendorff and their resonance in the European literary, artistic and philosophical context.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is threefold:
1. to present a broad cultural-historical perspective on modern German literature.
2. to provide knowledge of the most important authors of the modern period and their most important works.
3. to ground the reading of these works in literary and media theory, and to provide basic knowledge of the issues of textual hermeneutics (philology of the text/textual criticism, methodology of interpretation/textual analysis, text aesthetics) and textual mediation (aesthetics of reception and effect, text/context).
(reference books)
Reference texts
1) HISTORICAL-LITERARY HANDBOOK
Kindl Ulrike, 2. Dal Settecento alla prima guerra mondiale, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2001, part I, chap. 3-4, p. 33-144, part II, chap.1, p. 145-188.
Mittner Ladislao, Storia della Letteratura tedesca. II. Dal pietismo al romanticismo (1700-1820), Einaudi, Torino 1971, tome II, p. 643-673; tome III, p. 707-737, 769-779, 866-904.
2) READING OF COMPLETE LITERARY WORKS
The choice between the various existing editions is free for both Italian and German language editions. However, bilingual editions are recommended.
Goethe Johann von, Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre (Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, or the Renunciants)
Goethe Johann von, Die Wahlverwandtschaften (Elective Affinities) *
Paul Jean, Flegeljahre (The Awkward Age)
Hölderlin Friedrich, Hyperion oder der Eremit in Griechenland (Hyperion; or, The Hermit in Greece)
Novalis, Heinrich von Ofterdingen (Henry von Ofterdingen: A Romance)
Kleist Heinrich von, Michael Kohlhaas
Eichendorff Joseph von, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts (Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing)*
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