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Lecturer(s)
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Musílek Daniel, Mgr.
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Eder Jürgen, doc. Dr. habil.
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Course content
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1 Introduction to subject 2 Survey and discussion of the terminology 3 Lessing and German enlightenment 4 Cities in comparison: Berlin - Jena - Leipzig 5 Goethe 6 Goethe 7 Schiller 8 Culture of Weimar 9 Time of early romanticism 10 Modern aspects of romanticism: ETA Hoffmann 11 Conservative aspects of romanticism: Eichendorff 12 Literature and public sphere in 18th century 13 18th century in recent perspectives 14 Recapitulation and final perspectives
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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For the 18th Century there are different approaches to organize the history of German Literature during that time: enlightenment vs irrationalism, idealism, classics, Goethezeit etc. But beside such problems of terminology its the golden century of cultural nation-building with the basement of literature, between 1770 and 1832. This time created authors who are wellknown till today, such as Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Eichendorff or Hoffmann. The goal of the subject is to find out how those tendencies contributed towards the German Culture at the switch to the 19th century and also to reflect on its influence nowadays. Students will achieve a survey of a decisive phase of German Literature, the awakening of a cultural "self-estimation", of the often quoted "Geist", but in the context of intercultural characters and textes.
Students will be able to understand the main tendencies in German Literature of a most relevant period not only for literature, but also for German "Geist", which influenced the following centuries, some of them till today. So they will learn to reflect on historical terms like "Das lange 19. Jahrhundert" or "Klassik" as well as in some crucial cultural terms like "Innerlichkeit" etc.
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Prerequisites
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Students need a general survey of German Culture and Literature of the periods and are able to read older texts as well as basic essays and contributions of literary history. It will be taught on level B2.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Seminar work
Active participation of students in courses, reading and interpretation of selected texts, presentation of a given subject. The courses will be in German.
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Recommended literature
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ALT, P. A. Aufklärung. Zweite Auflage. Stuttgart/Weimar: J. B. Metzler Verlag, 2001.
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BAHR, E., ed. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur 2. Von der Aufklärung bis zum Vormärz. Zweite Auflage.. Tübingen/Basel: UTB Verlag, 1998.
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BORCHMEYER, D. Weimarer Klassik. Portrait einer Epoche.. Weinheim: Beltz/Athenäum Verlag, 1994.
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BOYLE, N. Kleine deutsche Literaturgeschichte.. München: C. H. Beck Verlag, 2009.
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HINDERER, W., ed. Literarische Portraits von Grimmelshausen bis Brecht.. Frankfurt/M.: Fischer Verlag, 1987.
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KREMER, D. Romantik.. Stuttgart/Weimar: J. B. Metzler Verlag, 2001.
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SCHULZ, G. Die deutsche Literatur zwischen französischer Revolution und Restauration 1789-1830. Zwei Bände.. München: C. H. Beck Verlag, 1989.
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