The course offers an introduction to German Literature of the 19th Century in its most representative movements and trends: from Romanticism, "Vormärz" and "Biedermeier" to Realism and the "Gründerzeit".
During the lessons we will analyse the following works:
Friederich Hölderlin: Wie wenn am Feiertage..., Am Quell der Donau
Heinrich von Kleist: Die Marquise von O...
Ludwig Tieck: Der blonde Eckbert
E.T.A. Hoffmann: Der Sandmann
Heinrich Heine: Der Rabbi von Bacharach, Die romantische Schule (passi scelti), liriche scelte
Georg Büchner: Woyzeck
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff: Die Judenbuche
Theodor Fontane: Effi Briest
Friedrich Nietzsche: Dyonisos Dythiramben (Nur Narr! Nur Dichter, Klage der Ariadne)
The students are then supposed to choose and study on their own one of the following works (students who don't attend the lessons are supposed to choose two works)
Heinrich von Kleist: Die Marquise von O..., Penthesilea
Joseph von Eichendorff: Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
E.T.A. Hoffmann: Das Fräulein von Scuderi
Georg Büchner: Lenz
Theodor Storm: Immensee
Gottfried Keller: Romeo und Julia aus dem Dorfe
| Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Note |
| Marino Freschi | La Letteratura Tedesca | Il Mulino | 2008 | 978-88-15-11998-8 | |
| Friedrich Dürrenmatt | La visita della vecchia signora | Einaudi | 1988 | ||
| Bertolt Brecht | Madre Courage e i suoi figli | Einaudi | 1963 | ||
| Thomas Mann | Morte a Venezia | Marsilio Editore | 2009 |
The fina examination will be oral and held in German
