Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Roland Hubert;
Language
Deutsch
Prerequisites
An introductory knowledge of German literature and a good proficiency in German (advanced level, B2 + in terms of the Common European reference framework).
Main themes
In-depth analysis of German-speaking literary works and themes from the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly as far as the historical and the socio-cultural contexts are concerned. The themes regularly vary according to the literary and scientific news, as well as according to the centers of interest of the teacher; (for instance current forms of "Realism" in German literature, contemporary novels written by women, etc.)
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
This year the course/ seminar will focus on the so-called interkulturelle Literatur, which, in German-speaking countries has known important developments since the 1980ies so that it has become today a phenomenon and subdomain of German literature in this beginning 21th century. This literary production in German language ' at the beginning a phenomenon at the margin, circumscribed by the denominations Migrantenliteratur or even Ausländerliteratur, referring to the social malaise of Gastarbeiter ' covers today all expressions of literature dealing with those multiple identities characterizing the current German society, which has become 'plurinational': German-speaking literature of Turkish origin, from the Arabic or Persian countries but also from Eastern Europe or even Black Africa (among others from the countries which were historically colonized by Germany). At the theoretical level we shall pay interest to the questions of exile and migration, as well as to the question of alterity (Der/Das Fremde), particularly because 'the other' has also become 'part of ourselves' over the generations.
Teaching methods
Preparation of the analysis in small groups with the teacher.
Evaluation methods
Oral exam based on a preliminary written report.
Bibliography
Littérature primaire: Une sélection des 'uvres suivantes à convenir avec les étudiant.e.s: Shida Bazyar, Nachts ist es leise in Teheran (2016), Sabrina Janesch, Katzenberge (2010); Terézia Mora, Alle Tage (2004); Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Mutterzunge (1990); May Ayim, Grenzenlos und unverschämt (2002); Uwe Timm, Morenga (1978), Urs Widmer, Im Kongo (1996).
Littérature secondaire: Chiellino, Carmine (Hrsg.), Interkulturelle Literatur in Deutschland. Ein Handbuch, Weimar, Metzler, 2007; Müller-Funk, Wolfgang, Theorien des Fremden, Tübingen, Francke Verlag, 2016.
Littérature secondaire: Chiellino, Carmine (Hrsg.), Interkulturelle Literatur in Deutschland. Ein Handbuch, Weimar, Metzler, 2007; Müller-Funk, Wolfgang, Theorien des Fremden, Tübingen, Francke Verlag, 2016.
Faculty or entity
LMOD
