Syllabus
LITERATURA III - Seminář
1. - Themen für die Seminararbeiten; Die Zeitgenossen der Klassik (Zwischen Klassik und Romantik)
2. - Friedrich Hölderlin, Jean Paul
3. - H. von Kleist: Michael Kohlhaas - Interpretation
4. - H. von Kleist: Michael Kohlhaas - Interpretation
5. - L. Tieck: Der blonde Eckbert - Interpretation
6. - L. Tieck: Der blonde Eckbert - Interpretation (ev. 1 Referat)
7. - G. Büchner: Woyzeck (Auszüge)
8. - H. Heine: Deutschland ein Wintermärchen (Auszüge)
9. - M. von Ebner-Eschenbach: Krambambuli
10. - G. Keller: Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe
11. - T. Fontane: Effi Briest
Annotation
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with selected works of German literature from the period of Romanticism, Biedermeier, Pre-March and Realism. Emphasis is placed on literary aesthetic and culturally historical aspects of the discussed works.
Content of the course: European context of German Romanticism, political and historical background, philosophical foundations, romantic aesthetic theories and genres. Stage leaders: Brothers Schlegel, Novalis, Wackenroder, Tieck, Brentano, Arnim, Brothers Grimm, Eichendorff, Hoffmann, Chamisso, Fouqué, the Swabian School of poets.
Biedermeier, Lyric: Mörike, Droste-Hülshoff, Prose: Gotthelf, Stifter, Drama: Viennesse popular theatre (Raimund, Nestroy), Grillparzer, Hebbel. Realism, characteristic of the epoch: political background (revolutionary year 1848, nationalism, socialism), social issues (female emancipation), philosophical directions (positivism, materialism, Marxism, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer), literary traffic (readers and education).
Realism in literature: basic features and theories (Vischer, Heyse), novel (Freytag, Keller, Raabe, Fontane), novelle and narration (Storm, Keller, Meyer), lyricism (Storm, Meyer, Liliencron).