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Lecturer(s)
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Eder Jürgen, doc. Dr. habil.
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Course content
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1. Introduction: does it make sense to talk about a history of Bavarian literature? 2. Beginnings of Bavarian literature before 20th century 3. Culture and history of Bavaria in 20th century 4. Regions and regional literature: Altbayern, Schwaben, Franken and Oberpfalz 5. End of 19th century/beginning of the 20th: Franziska von Reventlow and the magazine Simplicissimus 6. Marie Luise Fleisser 7. Bertolt Brecht 8. Lion Feuchtwanger 9. Rainer Maria Rilke and his years in Munich 10. Karl Valentin 11. Herbert Rosendorfer 12. Gerhard Polt 13. The world hosted by Bavaria: intercultural aspects of a Bavarian literature 14. Bavarian archive for literature: Sulzbach-Rosenberg
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Excursion
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Learning outcomes
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If we look at terms and ideas like "region" for the first time we often associate "restricted", "narrow-minded" etc. But a closer look for example on Bavarian Literature shows the opposite. Authors like Reventlow, Fleisser, Rilke, Feuchtwanger, Brecht, Rosendorfer or Polt show that Bavaria between tradition and modern times is more than Oktoberfest and folk music. Germany and even Europe would look different without Bavarian contributions towards its cultures. Crossing the borders of Bavaria there is focus on regional literature in European context.
Students will be able to understand regional culture as important part of German national culture. They will understand the several contributions of main tribes of Bavaria, such as Bayern, Schwaben and Franken. In order to authors like Brecht, Feuchtwanger or Rilke they will find surprisingly local roots of their further work, and they will realize how important the very special Bavarian humor is for literature and culture in generally there. The question above is: how important is culture of a region in times of globalization, is it possible at all?
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Prerequisites
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Language skills on level C1
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Seminar work
Active participation of students during seminar, reading and interpretation of selected texts and presetation of a given example. The course will be held in German.
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Recommended literature
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Internet: Literaturportal Bayern: www.bsb-muenchen.de.
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Literatur in Bayern. Vierteljahrsschrift für Literatur, Literaturkritik und Literaturwissenschaft (1985ff) München. München.
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BOSL, K. Bayerische Geschichte. Siebte Auflage. München: d.t.v. Verlag, 1990.
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DÜNNINGER, E. a D. KIESSELBACH, eds. Bayerische Literaturgeschichte in ausgewählten Beispielen. Zwei Bände.. München: Süddeutscher Verlag, 1965 a 1967, 1967.
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HIMMER, S. a M. SCHELLONG, eds. München lesen.. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann Verlag, 2008.
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SCHWEIGGERT, A. a H. MACHER, eds. Autoren und Autorinnen in Bayern. Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert.. Dachau: Bayerland Verlag (o. J).
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VOLKERT, W. Die Geschichte Bayerns.. München: C. H. Beck Verlag, 2007.
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