Introduction to Medieval German Studies

Code:

LLC066

Acronym:

IGM

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

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
LA	1	Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	7	Joint Lauguage Plan -Englis/German	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/French	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-German	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	1	Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The objective of the subject is to provide students with knowledge in the area of German language and literature of the Medieval period

Program

0: Presentation
I: Introduction
1.1 What ‘Middle Ages’?
1.2 The Middle High German linguistic convention
1.3 Courtly society
1.3.1 The courtly ideal
1.3.2 Criticism of the courtly ideal
1.3.3 the socio-political structure
1.3.4 Literature and courtly society
1.4 Courtly literature
1.4.1 Text and music
1.4.2 Genres
1.4.3 Poetic matter
1.4.4 Dominant themes
II the world of the epic heroes: ‘Das Nibelungenlied’
2.0 Introduction
2.1 The historicity of ‘Das Nibelungenlied’
2.2 'Das Nibelungenlied’ and genre
2.3 The narrative structure of ‘Das Nibelungenlied’
2.4 Narrative technique
2.5 Dominant themes and motives
2.6 Characterization in ‘Das Nibelungenlied’

Mandatory literature

Editado por Karl Bartsch; traduzido e comentado por Siegfried Grosse; Das Nibelungenlied. Mittelhochdeutsch - Neuhochdeutsch. , Stuttgart: Reclam (RUB 644), 1997

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecture, seminar and tutorial

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Preparation evaluation / essay	Estudo autónomo	56	2011-02-12
Preparation of texts	Estudo autónomo	50	2011-02-12
	Total:	106,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance

Calculation formula of final grade

50% Test
50% Essay