Introduction to Medieval German Studies

Code:

LLC066

Acronym:

IGM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	German Studies

Instance: 2021/2022 - 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	9	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
			2
			3
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

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

Helen Watanabe O'Kelly; História da Literatura Alemã, Verbo, 2009
Ed. por Ursula Schulze; trad. e com. por Siegfried Grosse; Das Nibelungenlied (Mittelhochdeutsch - Neuhochdeutsch), Reclam (RUB 644)
Greenfield John 340; Das^Nibelungenlied. ISBN: 972-9350-57-4

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
Teste	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

Exam: 50%; Essay or Test: 50%

Classification improvement

Resit of exam possible.