AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course aims to examine literary texts produced in German-speaking countries in their aesthetic value and as powerful instruments to understand the culture of these countries.

By the end of this course you should have:

- Acquired an understanding of German history and culture

- Developed an ability to read and analyse fictional texts

- Developed an ability to understand social, historical and political factors that have influenced the German culture

TEACHING METHODS

36 hours frontal lecture in German, reading texts in German

Lessons in German, readings in German.

Attendance is not obbligatory, but heartily recommended

The course is being held online via Teams and Aulaweb

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Von der Gastarbeiterliteratur zur transulturellen deutschsprachigen Literatur

(From the "Guestworker's"Literature to the transcultural German literature)

Content:

The course will first focus on the literary phenomena such as "Gastarbeiterliteratur" (literature produced by some foreign workers from Southeast Europe who came to Germany during the Ecconomic Wonder of the 1960s and 1970s), literature of migrants and migration literature of the 1980s and 1990s and todays inter-, multi- and transcultural (also transnational) literature in German language, presenting them from a historical and sociological perspective and considerating the significance of these authors' bi- and plurilingism as an impact on their writing creativity. The various literary awards in Austria, Germany and Switzerland for writers who experienced a change in language and culture round up the panorama of this literary phenomenon.

The second part of the course will focus on reading, analysing and interpreting the following texts:

Emine Sevgi Özdamar: Mutterzunge

Julya Rabinowich: Spaltkopf

Vladimir Verlib: Zwischenstationen

(...will be updated in September...)

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Secondary literature:

at disposal in the library

M. Bürger-Koftis, H.Schweiger, S. Vlasta (Hg.), Polyphonie. Mehrsprachigkeit und literarische Kreativität. Wien: Praesens 2010.

Dossier Dott.ssa Ramona Pellegrino "Dalla Gastarbeiterliteratur alla letteratura transculturale in lingua tedesca" 

More material will be uploaded on aulaweb throughout the semester.

Primary literature: 

Emine Sevgi Özdamar: Mutterzunge

Julya Rabinowich: Spaltkopf

Vladimir Verlib: Zwischenstationen

(...will be updated in September...)

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MICHAELA BÜRGER-KOFTIS (President)

NICOLETTA DACREMA

SERENA SPAZZARINI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

3rd of october 2023 

Tuesdays 16 c.t. – 17, aula 9, Palazzo Cattaneo, v. Balbi 2

Wednesdays 15 c.t. – 17, aula 9, Palazzo Cattaneo, v. Balbi 2

Class schedule

GERMAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE MOD.2

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam, three questions, each one can be rated with max. 10 points and sum up to the maximum vote of 30/30 adding, eventually the "lode", excellency.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

An exam, the length of which varies according to the programme, held by the professor responsible for the course, during which the level of the student’s knowledge will be assessed according to the following criteria:

a) ability to read, translate and comment on and contextualise critically excerpts from texts examined during the course, plus other supplementary texts read and prepared autonomously, see the list which can be downloaded from the professor’s website, the course on aulaweb and can also be consulted on the notice board outside the professor’s office;

b) ability to respond in Italian and German to questions on topics covered during the course and on supplementary texts prepared for the examination, as well as possibly developing an autonomous critical discourse.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Target group

Students from the LM 37/38 1st year, Comunicazione Internazionale

Credits

The exam is equivalent to 6 credit points.

Languages

Lessons will be held in German.

Target group

Students from the LM 37/38 1st year, Comunicazione Internazionale

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Credits

The exam is equivalent to 6 credit points.

Languages

Lessons will be held in German.

Will be comunicated in September 2022