Course: Austrian and Swiss Literature

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Course title Austrian and Swiss Literature
Course code KNJ/RSLQ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pfeiferová Dana, Doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Young Vienna: Symbolism, Impressionism 2. Young Vienna: Decadence, Psychoanalysis 3. German Literature in Prague: Impressionism, Expressionism, Mysticism 4. Franz Kafka 5. Other Literature Written in German from Bohemia and Moravia 6. Austrian Literature between the Wars: Habsburg Myth 7. Austrian Literature between the Wars: Criticism and Scepticism about the Use of Language 8. Austrian Postwar Literature: Avantgarde, "Antiheimat" Literature 9. Austrian Postwar Literature: New Subjectivism, Postmodern Literature, Kosmopolitism, Gender Studies 10. Swiss Literature: DADA and Concret Poetry; New Existentialism 11. Swiss Literature: Friedrich Dürrenmatt 12. Swiss Literature: Max Frisch 13. Specifics of Austrian and Swiss Literature in the 20th Century

Learning activities and teaching methods
Multimedia supported teaching, Lecture
  • Contact hours - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 16 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to show an overview of German written literature of the 20th century, knowledge of the basics of literary science
language skills at the C1 level
Skills
to apply literary theory and history of German written literature of the 20th century
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize the most important stages of Austrian and Swiss literature of the 20th century
to classify literary texts into the relevant context
to characterize the poetics of selected authors
Skills
to interpret selected literary texts
to motivate to teach literature at secondary schools (development of pupil creativity)
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Test
Recommended literature
  • BEHRING, E., A. KLIEMS a H. CH. TREPTE, eds. Grundbegriffe und Autoren ostmitteleuropäischer Exilliteraturen 1945-1989. Stuttgart, 2004.
  • BOK, V., D. PFEIFEROVÁ a D. ŠETINOVÁ. Deutschsprachige Literatur in Lesetexten. Plzeň, 2012.
  • BRUNNER, H. a R. Moritz. Literaturwissenschaftliches Lexikon. Berlin, 2006.
  • CHIELLINO, C., eds. Interkulturelle Literatur in Deutschland. Stuttgart, 2000.
  • ROTHMANN, K. Kleine Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Stuttgart, 2009.
  • RUSTERHOL, P. a A. SOLBACH, eds. Schweizer Literaturgeschichte. Stuttgart, 2007.
  • SCHMIDT-DENGLER, W. Bruchlinien II. Vorlesungen zur österreichischen Literatur 1990-2008. Salzburg, 2012.
  • STACH, R. Die Kafka-Biografie in drei Bänden. Frankfurt am Main, 2017. ISBN 978-3-10-397256-6.
  • WAGENBACH, K. Franz Kafka. Reinbek bei Hamburg. ISBN 9783499506499.


Study plans that include the course
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