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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 into subject 2. Historical conditions and tendencies of the century 3. Heine 4. Büchner 5. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff 6. Grillparzer 7. Stifter 8. Fontane 9. Hauptmann 10. Swiss literature of 19th century I: Keller and Meyer 11. Swiss literature of 19th century II: Spyri and Gotthelf 12. Loners and outsiders: the example of Wilhelm Busch 13. Literature and music: Schumann and Wagner 14. Conclusions and thesis
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The German historian Günter Osterhammel named the 19th century "Die Verwandlung der Welt"/Transformaion of the world, which lead at its end into the catastrophe of World War I. The period, named by Hobsbawm the "long 19th century", was a time of revolutions in political, social and cultural meanings, reflected in literature like in a mirror. The spectrum from the end of idealism in the works of Heine till the naturalism mirrored in the work of Gerhart Hauptmann is a colourful portrait of a most interesting epoch. Regional rooted literature like Keller, Stifter, Fontane have correspondences with experiments in Vienna, Prague or Berlin, the poles reach from Heimatkunst to Weltliteratur.
The students will be able to understand main processes in social as well as in literary spheres of german speaking countries in 19th century. They will be able to understand the links with the decisive question of "Einheit" during this period for Germany and its neighbors. Furthermore they will get a portrait of music and painting closely connected this time with literature.
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Prerequisites
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Students of this course had before to attend the first part of the cycle, and in addition some knowledge about the framework of a period named "19th century". The language skills have to be able reading elaborated experimental texts as well as more "realistic" ones such as "Effi Briest".
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Seminar work
Oral exam Seminar work 80% attendance at seminars The subject will be taught in German language.
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Recommended literature
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AUST, H. Literatur des Realismus.. Stuttgart: Metzler Verlag, 2000.
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BAHR, E., ed. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur 3. Vom Realismus zur Gegenwartsliteratur. Zweite Auflage.. Tübingen/Basel: UTB Verlag, 1998.
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BOYLE, N. Kleine deutsche Literaturgeschichte.. München: C. H. Beck Verlag, 1989.
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GALL, L. Europa auf dem Weg in die Moderne 1850-1890. Fünfte Auflage.. München: Oldenburg Verlag, 2009.
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HINDERER, W., ed. Literarische Portraits von Grimmelshausen bis Brecht.. Frankfurt/M.: Fischer Verlag, 1987.
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OSTERHAMMEL, J. Die Verwandlung der Welt. Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts.. München: C. H. Beck Verlag, 2011.
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