German Literature III

Code:

FLUP0461

Acronym:

LEXAL3

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EAA	0	Official Study Plan - LEAA	3	2,5	5	-
EFA	3	Official Study Plan - LEFA	3	2,5	5	-
		Official Study Plan - LEFA	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 4º ao 5º ano	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 1º ao 3º ano	3	2,5	5	-
EIA	41	Official Study Plan - LEIA	3	2,5	5	-
EPA	8	Official Study Plan - LEPA	3	2,5	5	-
		Official Study Plan - LEPA	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 4º ao 5º ano	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial - 1º ao 3º ano	3	2,5	5	-
		Plano oficial a partir de 2002	3	2,5	5	-

Objectives

This subject is designed to provide students with a good grounding in the different literary movements, and, for that end, we have compiled a short anthology of selected literary works regarded as canonical pieces from the mid-18th century to the second half of the 19th century.

Program

0. Methodologies

1. The German literary tradition until the “Aufklärung” (Enlightenment)

2. The “Aufklärung” and the pedagogic and moral thought
2.1. Gellert and Lessing's fables
2.2. The reformation of the German theatre
- Gottsched and his classicist normative poetics
- The opposition to Gottsched's theories
- Lessing and the “bourgeois tragedy”
- Lessing: Emilia Galotti and the “bourgeois tragedy”.

3. The “Sturm und Drang” and its renewing themes
3.1. The theme of geniality, Titanism and the Faustian man
3.2. The new image of nature and the experience of affections
3.3. The juvenile lyric of Goethe
3.4. The drama of the “Sturm und Drang”
3.5. The young Goethe and the novel: Die Leiden des jungen Werther

Main Bibliography

Literary Texts

GOETHE, Die Leiden des jungen Werther, Reclam UB 67

LESSING, Emilia Galotti, Reclam 45

Shorter texts will be provided throughout the semester.

Complementary Bibliography

References to critical bibliography will be indicated throughout the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Inductive and deductive methodologies. Essentially explanatory classes alternating with esentially interactive classes.

Software

No specific software required.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark in the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Mark obtained in the final exam - 100%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

Final exam in the resit exam period.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese and German.