German Literature II

Code:

LLC077

Acronym:

LEA2

Instance: 2011/2012 - 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
LA	0	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	12	Single Language Plan-German	2	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	2	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With German	2	-	6	52	162
LRI	1	Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

OBJECTIVThe aim is to analyse under a literature-cultural perspective some important texts from 1900 on written in German speaking countries. Besides the textual analysis, the students will learn to link texts and contexts (historical, ideological and cultural) to a better understanding of the texts.

Program

1. 1900-1945:
-Franz Kafka - "Die Verwandlung", short prose texts
-Annemarie Schwarzenbach - "Lyrische Novelle"
2. 1945-2010
-Texts by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Heinrich Böll, Ingeborg Bachmann, Peter Handke, Bernhard Schlink.

Mandatory literature

Gonçalo Vilas-Boas (org.); Literatura de Expressão Alemã III, Universidade Aberta, 1998. ISBN: 972-674-245-5
Ingeborg Bachmann; Bachmann, Ingeborg, Undine geht / Das Gebell / Ein Wildermuth. Drei Erzählungen, Reclam. ISBN: 9783150080085
Annemarie Schwarzenbach; Lyrische Novelle, Lenos
Franz Kafka; Die Verwandlung, Reclam. ISBN: 3-15-009900-5
Bernhard Schlink; Der Vorleser, Diogenes
Friedrich Dürrenmatt; Der Richter und sein Henker, Diogenes

Complementary Bibliography

Walter Fähnders/Sabine Rohlf; Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Analysen und Erstdrucke, Aisthesis, 2005. ISBN: 3-89528-452-1
Sofie Decock/ Uta Schaffers; inside out. Textorientierte Erkundungen des Werks von Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Aisthesis, 2008. ISBN: 978-89528-697-1
Manfred Heigenmoser; Bernhard Schlink: Der Vorleser, Reclam, 2005. ISBN: 3-15-016050-2
Pietro Citati; Kafka. Viagens às profundezas, Cotovia, 2001. ISBN: 972-795-018-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation by the teacher and discussion of texts. Presentation of small essays by the students.

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature > German literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Essay	Trabalho escrito	34,00		2012-07-14
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Preparation of classes	Estudo autónomo	72	2012-07-14
	Total:	72,00

Eligibility for exams

n.a.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation (oral and written): 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n.a.

Classification improvement

n.a.