German Literature V

Code:

FLUP0463

Acronym:

LEAV_I

Instance: 2005/2006 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Modern Languages and Literature - Portuguese and English Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EIA	12	Official Study Plan - LEIA	4	2,5	5	-
EPA	4	Official Study Plan - LEPA	4	2,5	5	-

Objectives

This subject aims at analysing, from a literary-cultural perspective, some significant texts from German-speaking countries after 1945. Thus, besides textual analysis, political, ideological and cultural contexts will be taken into consideration so as to provide students with a better understanding of the literary phenomenon.

Program

I. The 1950s-70s
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Der Richter und sein Henker (1950)
- Heinrich Böll: Dr. Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen und andere Satiren (1958)
- Peter Handke: Wunschloses Unglück (1972)

II. The 1980s and 90s
- Patrick Süskind: Das Parfum (1985)
- Bernhard Schlink: Der Vorleser (1995)
- Peter Stamm: Agnes (1998)

Main Bibliography

TEXTS:

- Heinrich Böll, Contos irónicos. Edição bilingue, Lisboa, europa-américa (lb 346).
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Der Richter und sein Henker, Zürich, diogenes (detebe 22535).
- Peter Handke, Wunschloses Unglück, Frankfurt/M, suhrkamp (ST 3287).
- Bernhard Schlink, Der Vorleser, Zürich, diogenes (detebe 22953).
- Peter Stamm, Agnes, München, btb Goldmann, 2000 (Bd. 72550).
- Patrick Süskind, Das Parfum, Zürich, diogenes (detebe 22800).

Complementary Bibliography

On the History of German Literature:

-BALZER, Bernd et alii (1988) – Die deutschsprachige Literatur in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Vorgeschichte und Entwicklungstendenzen, München, iudicium.
-BARRENTO, João (1989) - Literatura Alemã. Textos e Contextos (1700-1900), volumes 1 e 2, Lisboa, Presença, 1989
-BEUTIN, Wolfgang et alii (1994) – História da Literatura Alemã I e II, Lisboa, Cosmos (especialmente o segundo volume: Do Realismo à actualidade).
-COSTA, Fernanda Gil (1998) – Literatura Alemã I, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta.
-EMMERICH, Wolfgang (²1997) – Kleine Literaturgeschichte der DDR, Leipzig, Gustav Kiepenheuer.
-FREUND, Winfried (2000) – Deutsche Literatur, Köln, Dumont.
-GLASER, Horst (Hrsg.) (1997) – Deutsche Literatur zwischen 1945 und 1995, Bern et alii, Haupt (UTB).
-OPITZ, Alfred (coord.) (1998) – Sociedade e Cultura Alemãs, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta.
-PEZOLD, Klaus (Hgrsg.) (1991) – Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Schweizer Literatur im 20. Jahrhundert, Berlin, Volk und Wissen.
-RIBEIRO, António de Sousa (1999) – Literatura Alemã II, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta.
-ROTHMANN, Kurt (1997, 15. Aufl.) – Kleine Geschichte der deutschen Literatur, Stuttgart, Reclam.
-SCHEIDL, Ludwig et alii (coord.) - Dois Séculos de História Alemã (Política, Sociedade, Cultura), Coimbra, Minerva, ³1996.
-SCHNELL, Ralf (1993) – Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Literatur seit 1945, Stuttgart, Metzler.
-VILAS-BOAS, Gonçalo (coord.) (1998) – Literatura Alemã III, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta.
-WATANABE O’Kelly, Helen (2003) – História da Literatura Alemã, Lisboa, Verbo.
-WUCHERPFENNIG, Wolf (1996) – Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, Stuttgart et alii, Klett.

Specific readings on the authors mentioned above will be suggested throughout the semester.