Introduction to German Culture and Literature II

Code:

LLC062

Acronym:

ICLA2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	German Studies

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LLC	24	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
			2
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and German
Obs.: As aulas são lecionadas em português.

Objectives

This course unit intends to outline a political, economic, social and cultural panorama of Germany from the beginning of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century.

By the end of the semester the students will know which events and personalities were most relevant in the political, economic, social and cultural history of Germany in the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Such wide and multifaceted knoledge will enable the students to develop a critical perspective and a contextualizing approach to the human facts.

Simultaneously, through a critical and contextualized reading of short texts representing the aesthetic-literary movements from the 19th to the second half of the 20th centuries, students will develop literary analysis and interpretation skills and acquire a comparative perspective of the literary phenomenon.

Learning outcomes and competences

Through a systematic study of the phenomena and of the political, economic and social contexts that characterize the history of Germany during the 19th and the first half of the XX centuries, the students will develop a detailed, rigorous and multifaceted knowledge of the contemporary Germany.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable.

Program

1. Romantik
- Frühromantik
- Hochromantik
- Spätromantik

2. Restauration / Biedermeier

3. Junges Deutschland / Vormärz

4. Realismus

5. Naturalismus

6. Jahrhundertwende

- Heimatsliteratur
- Dekadenz
- Bewusstseinsliteratur (Impressionismus)
- Neuromantik
- Jugendstil
- Symbolismus
- Ästhetizismus
- Neuklassizismus

7. Expressionismus

8. Weimarerrepublik

9. Nationalsozialismus
- Völkische Kunst
- Innere Emigration
- Exilliteratur
- Holocaustliteratur

Mandatory literature

Kolinsky, Eva / Wilfried van der Will;; The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture, Cambridge University Press;, 2002. ISBN: ISBN 978-0521-56870-6
Carr, William; A History of Germany, 1815-1990, London, Arnold, 2004
Kitchen, Martin;; História da Alemanha moderna : de 1800 aos dias de hoje, São Paulo : Culturix, 2013

Comments from the literature

Bibliography will be indicated at the beginning and during the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Emphasis on theory-practical components to stimulate the active participation of students

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature > German literature
Humanities > History > Contemporary History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the rules of the Faculty.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark will be the weighted average of the assessment components.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

The improvement of the classification of the written component of the distributed evaluation will evaluate all the contents considered in the distributed evaluation.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese. German-language literary texts and their translations into Portuguese will be used.
Not suitable for English speakers.

Important dates

May 27, 2022: Assessment test (Distributed Evaluation without a final exam – 50%)

- 10:00 am/11:30 am: Part I (room 306)

- 11:45 am/1:15 pm: Part II (room 310)

1. Romantik
- Frühromantik
- Hochromantik
- Spätromantik

2. Restauration / Biedermeier

3. Junges Deutschland / Vormärz

4. Realismus

5. Naturalismus

6. Jahrhundertwende

- Heimatsliteratur
- Dekadenz
- Bewusstseinsliteratur (Impressionismus)
- Neuromantik
- Jugendstil
- Symbolismus
- Ästhetizismus
- Neuklassizismus

7. Expressionismus

8. Weimarer Republik

9. Nationalsozialismus
- Völkische Kunst
- Innere Emigration
- Exilliteratur
- Holocaustliteratur

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Bertolt Brecht, Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder: Eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1999.

Heinrich von Kleist, Die Marquise von O... / Das Erdbeben in Chili, Stuttgart: Reclam, 1986

June 13, 2022: Delivery of the essays (Distributed Evaluation without a final exam - 50%)

- 3:00 pm/4:00 pm: Cabinet 189 (Tower A)


July 3, 2022: Publication of final grades (100%)


July 7, 2022: Assessment test (supplementary period – 50%)

- 2:00 pm/5:00 pm: Part I and Part II (room 308)

Supplementary period and grade improvement 

Only the students who do not obtain a final grade of at least ten values in the Distributed Evaluation without a final exam (100%) may repeat the “assessment test” in the supplementary period (50%); it is not possible to repeat the “essay” in the supplementary period (50%).

Students can improve the classification of the “assessment test” (50%); it is not possible to improve the classification of the “essay” (50%).

Not taking the assessment test on May 27, 2022 without presenting a valid written justification (which may or may not be accepted by the Professor) implies the impossibility of repeating the assessment test in the supplementary period.