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Lecturer(s)
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Eder Jürgen, doc. Dr. habil.
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Musílek Daniel, Mgr.
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Course content
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Basic topics: 1. Introduction 2. Expressionism and literature before the First World War 3. Revolution of art in literature, visual arts and music 4. Literature of the early twenties 5. The Golden Twenties in German Literature 6. German literature in exile in Europe 7. German literature in exile in the USA? Beginning of the second Americanization 8. The first stage of German post-war literature 9. The aesthetic and political revolution under the sign of "68" 10. New subjectivism and postmodernism 11. Literature of the year 1989 12. Intercultural literature in Germany 13. Current trends in contemporary German literature 14. Summary
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The subject of the subject is German literature since 1910 and the image of aesthetic, cultural and political changes that it gives. Based on selected examples ranging from Expressionist Literature to Literature at the Threshold of the 21st Century, students will familiarize themselves with the formal and content peculiarities of texts from Germany, gain insight into the main streams of German literature of the 20th century and will be able to recognize the continuity and discontinuity of changing " isms ". The subject of the analysis will be also the relations of literature to other arts.
The ability and competence to distinguish the main periods and aesthetics of German literature from the beginning to the end of the 19th century.
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Prerequisites
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Good knowledge of German (B2-C1).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Analysis of student's language skills
oral exam 80% attendance at seminars The course will be taught in German
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Recommended literature
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Bahr, Ehrhard (ed.). Geschichte der deutschen Literatur 3. Vom Realismus bis zur Gegenwartsliteratur. Tübingen/Basel, 1998. ISBN 9783825214654.
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Fähnders, Walter. Avantgarde und Moderne 1890-1933. Stuttgart, 1998. ISBN 3476014517.
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Lützeler, Paul Michael. Die Schriftsteller und Europa. Von der Romantik bis zur Gegenwart. Baden-Baden, 1998. ISBN 9783492114189.
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Schlaffer, Heinz. Die kurze Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. München/Wien, 2002. ISBN 9783446201491.
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Weidermann, Volker. Lichtjahre. Eine kurze Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von 1945 bis heute. Köln, 2006. ISBN 9783462036930.
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