German Literature 2

The course aims at analysing and interpreting key texts by authors of German-language literature from the nineteenth century Realism to the early twentieth century Avant-garde movements, with a specific focus on the literary-historical context and the development of the genres. It also draws attention to methods and tools for textual analysis of narrative, poetic and dramatic works, applying them to texts from the studied periods.

Knowledge and understanding: essential outlines of the history of German-language literature from 1815 to 1925; main texts and authors of the examined periods.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: reading and contextualising the fundamental works of German-language literature from the nineteenth-century Realism to the Avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century. The students are also expected to analyse independently key texts, including versification in the case of poetry, to place authors in the relevant period/current; to explain similarities and differences between texts as well as the peculiarities of the genres they belong to.