History of thoughs and litterature in Germany I

Teacher(s)

Büssgen Antje;

Language

Deutsch

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

This course offers a chronological and critical survey of the literature of the given language area from the Middle Ages to the 17th and 18th centuries. It examines the different movements and genres developed during these periods and places them in their socio-cultural contexts. Excerpts (compulsory reading) are used as illustrations.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of the course, students should be able to show insight into the distinctive features of major literary movements and genres. They should be able to situate them in their socio-cultural and historical contexts. Students will become familiar with important literary figures and canonical works of the historical period that is studied. They will be expected to know how to read and interpret some key texts.

Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

 

Bibliography

Deutsche Literaturgeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Hrsg. von Wolfgang Beutin et al., 8. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: Metzler 2013.

Une bibliographie détaillée sera diffusée au cours.

Faculty or entity

ELAL