German Literature Seminar

Code:

LLC116

Acronym:

SL_LLC

Instance: 2015/2016 - 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	21	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	1	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
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Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The curricular unit intends to provide incentive to the student to critically watch films and read works of literature, increasing their analytical capacity, providing them with those instruments necessary in order to be able to undertake a profound analysis. Simultaneously, the relations will be studied between literature and cinema through the analysis of the adaptations of literary works to the screen, by some of the most important German film directors of the 1970s.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should become more critical, with the capacity to read literature and films and understand how literary works are adapted to the screen.

Working method

Presencial

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

Knowledge of German.

Program

Literature and Cinema: Adaptations in the 1970s

0. Methodological considerations

1. Literature e cinema

2. German Cinema in the 1970s

2.1 Peter Handke Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (1970); Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (Director: Wim Wenders, 1972)

2.2 Heinrich Böll, Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (1974); Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (Directors: Volker Schlöndorff e Margarethe von Trotta, 1975)

2.3 Georg Büchner, Woyzeck (1836/7); Woyzeck (Directors: Werner Herzog, 1979)

Mandatory literature

Joachim Paech ; Literatur und Film, Metzler, 1997
Bõll, Heinrich, 1917-1985; Die^verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie fuhren kann
Handke, Peter, 1942-; Die^Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter. ISBN: 3-518-36527-4
Buchner, Georg, 1813-1837; Woyzeck. ISBN: 978-972-8139-33-7

Complementary Bibliography

McFarlane, Brian; Novel to Film: An Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation, Clarendon, Oxford, 1996
Monaco, James; How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, Multimedia: Language, History, Oxford University Press, 2000

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminars, with theoretical exposition and discussion of texts / films

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Teste	75,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	54,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Trabalho de investigação	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

At least 75% in class

Calculation formula of final grade

Three Tests (25% + 25% + 25% =) 75%
Presentation in class 25%

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n.a.

Classification improvement

n.a.