Contemporary German Culture

Code:

LA002

Acronym:

CACON

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Cultural Studies

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Applied Languages

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	38	Study plan	1	-	6	41	162
LLC	3	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162
		Study plan	3	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and German
Obs.: As aulas serão lecionadas em português. Serão analisados textos literários e objetos cinematográficos de língua alemã, procurando apresentar-se sempre que possível a respetiva tradução para português.

Objectives

This curricular unit aims to draw a cultural panorama of contemporary Germany (and other German-speaking countries), focusing with particular emphasis on literature and film from 1945 to the present.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester, the students should recognize some of the main events, personalities and subjects that shape the cultural history of Germany (but also from other German-speaking countries) from the second half of the 20th century to the present day. Such wide and multifaceted competence should develop a critical and an interdisciplinary perspective concerning the most recent intellectual and artistic manifestations within the German-speaking space. 

 

Working method

Presencial

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

Not applicable

Program

1. Panorama of German Contemporary History


2. Contemporaneity: Problematizing Concepts


3. Cultural Studies: Methodological Framework


4. The post-war: Stunde Null


5. Deutsche Demokratische Republik


6. Bundesrepublik Deutschland


7. Postmoderne

Mandatory literature

Wolfgang Borchert; „Das Brot“. In: An diesem Dienstag (1947)
Wolfgang Staudt ; Die Mörder sind unter uns
Christa Wolf; „Unter den Linden“. In: Unter den Linden: drei unwahrscheinliche Geschichten (1974)
Konrad Wolf ; Der geteilte Himmel
Ingeborg Bachmann; „Undine geht“. In: Das dreißigste Jahr (1961)
Wim Wenders ; Der Himmel über Berlin
Elfriede Jelinek; „Der Tod und das Mädchen I (Schneewittchen)“. In: Der Tod und das Mädchen I/V. Prinzessinnendramen (2003)
Tom Tykwer; Lola rennt

Complementary Bibliography

Benedikt Jeßing/ Ralph Köhnen (eds.); Einführung in die Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler Verlag, 2017 [2003].
Eva Kolinsky/ Wilfried van der Will (eds.); Modern German Culture. Nova Iorque: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Isabel Capeloa Gil; “O que significa Estudos de Cultura? Um diagnóstico cosmopolita sobre o caso da cultura alemã”. In: Comunicação & Cultura, n.º 6, 2008, pp. 137-166.
John Loren Sandford (ed.); Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. Londres e Nova Iorque: Routledge, 2001.
Rob Burns (ed.); German Cultural Studies: An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Sabine Hake; German National Cinema. Londres e Nova Iorque: Routledge, 2002.
Tim Bergfelder et al. (eds.); The German Cinema Book. Londres: Bloomsbury, 2019 [2003].

Comments from the literature

Part of the referred bibliography (mandatory and complementary) can be found in the "Documents" section.

Teaching methods and learning activities

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

keywords

Humanities > History
Humanities > Arts
Social sciences > Cultural studies
Humanities > Literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	71,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance of at least 75% of estimated classes.

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

Students can improve the classification of the “final exam” (50%); it is not possible to improve the classification of the “Assignment” (50%).

Observations

Evaluation

• The title/theme of the assignment must be comunicated by email (mssgomes@letras.up.pt) until December 9, 2022;


• Assignment delivery deadline (printed version): January 13, 2023 at 3:30 pm, office 189 (Torre A); the pdf version of the assignment must be sent by e-mail until 23:59 of the same day.