Introduction to Medieval German Studies

Code:

LLC066

Acronym:

IGM

Instance: 2016/2017 - 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
LLC	14	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LRI	1	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	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

Learning outcomes and competences

Capacity to be able to recognise the caharcetristics of Geman literature of the Middle Ages.

Working method

Presencial

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
Helen Watanabe O'Kelly; História da Literatura Alemã, Verbo, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecture, seminar and tutorial

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Germanic literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	52,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho de investigação	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance

Calculation formula of final grade

50% Test 50% Essay