Code: | LLC076 | Acronym: | LEA1 |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | German Literature |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Germanic Studies |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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LLC | 22 | LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 |
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LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages) | 2 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 | ||
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The choice of a program which is simultaneously thematic and anthological and which focuses on the period from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century allows treating in an articulated way texts of different modes and different genres and subgenres of some of the most canonical German speaking authors. The students will come into contact with the philosophical-critical, sociocultural and aesthetic-literary tendencies of some of the most fertile periods of literature thought in Germany. The theme chosen for the program (father/son; father/daughter relationship), familiar to students and traditionally appealing to them, allows to articulate the intimate and personal sphere with the social and political dimension.
The choice of works of different genres, subgenres and styles makes it easy to review and / or to reinforce previous knowledge in relation to matters within the aesthetic and the literary and allows the reading of diverse critical bibliography and the introduction of some less complex analytical methodologies
At the end of the semester students should have increased their knowledge in the field of German literature and of literary studies.
Students should be able to perceive the literary texts as a place of interception of discourses and of cultural, social and aesthetic sistems.
They should develop their methodological awareness, and be able to recognize some critical approaches. They should understand the implications of different analytical methods and be able to compare different results between them.
They should be able to write a critical-interpretive text that takes into account not only the text as an open work, but also all contextualizing information and analysis they have studied.
They should increase their expository capacity, being able to communicate and defend personal points of view on matters of theoretical and abstract nature.
The compared reading of the original texts and their translations should also contribute to increasing the knowledge of the German language.
4. Essay on one of the following texts:
The bourgeois tragedy Emilia Galotti, by G.E.Lessing
The drama Dämmerung by Elsa Bernstein.
The novel Nachgetragene Liebe by Peter Härtling.
The novella Das Muschelessen by Birgit Vanderbecke.
The course will be run on the basis of lectures, seminars and tutorials. Students will be expected to adopt a productive and commited attitude.
The theoretical classes enable a systematic and thorough transmission of information. In these classes students will get vast information about historical and philosophical as well as social, cultural, aesthetic, literary and methodological fields.
As for the practical classes, they allow exercise and develop reading skills, enhancing analytical, critical and argumentative skills of students as well as their skills of classification, formulation and transmission of knowledge, recognitions and critical opinions, in oral and written discourse level. Students will develop skills that will enable them not only to critically understand culture and literary text but also to withdraw intellectual and aesthetic pleasure of them. They will also be able to transmit their critical and evaluative opinions to others, and engage with them in an appropriate and clear discourse on aesthetic issues, literary, and cultural criticism.
In the tutorials, students will have the opportunity to practise the above mentioned skills, under the direct guidance of the course lecturer, completing tasks, both alone and in groups. The aim is thus not only develop autonomous and individual working skills, but also to foster capabilities for group work and cooperation with the course lecturer/ tutor and peers.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 35,00 |
Teste | 35,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 30,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Elaboração de projeto | 30,00 |
Estudo autónomo | 76,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 56,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
According to the rules of the Faculty
The model of assessment chosen for this course relies on two different components: a)a written test (examination) b) a paper on a well-defined topic, which should be chosen under the guidance and with the agreement of the course lecturer. Weighting: a) 70% b) 30% . Students whose essay come to be graded below 10(i.e., 0-9) will have to submit a new essay or a revised version of the same.
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Students who have a special evaluation should contact the teacher at the beginning of the semester.
Sessions will be conducted in Portuguese. In class students will read texts in German and (if necessary) in Portugease