Modern and contemporary Austrian literature and culture (2020/2021)

Learning outcomes

The course aims at presenting a representative topic of the 20th century literature through a selection of texts belonging to the literary canon of the Austrian and Middle-European culture. Literary critical and poetologic aspects will be studied through the reading and commenting of the given texts".

At the end of the course students will have to prove:
-to have acquired a deep knowledge of the authors, the proposed topics and the literary works in programme
-a critical kowledge of the problems concerning modern poetics
-to have developped specific competences in literary text analysis
-to have developped the ability to convey their knowledge in German.

Myths, parables and legends in 20th century literature (Rilke, Kafka, Roth):
The course aims to present a selection of texts of representative authors of the 20th century belonging to Austrian and Mitteleuropean culture and to deal with the most significant poetological aspects of early 20th century myths, parables and legends through the reading of the texts.

The course consists of a single module and is held entirely in German. After a brief introduction to the works of the selected authors the lessons will focus on the reading and the analysis of the texts.

Texts:
see programma

The final exam will be oral and held in German. The oral exam will be on the whole programme and it will consist in a conversation aimed at testing:
- the depth and wideness of the acquired knowledge
- the ability to analyse and understand the literary texts in the programme
- the argumentative ability and the ability to link knowledges in a critical-literary reflection on the poetics of modern novels
- the ability to convey the acquired knowledges in German.
The final mark will be in 30ths.
ERASMUS students are required to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree upon the exam modality.
During the course students can present short papers.