Study-unit GERMAN LITERATURE II

Versione Italiana
Course name Foreign languages and cultures
Study-unit Code 35308309
Curriculum Comune a tutti i curricula
Lecturer Hermann Dorowin
Lecturers
  • Hermann Dorowin
Hours
  • 54 ore - Hermann Dorowin
CFU 9
Course Regulation Coorte 2021
Supplied 2022/23
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Letterature straniere
Sector L-LIN/13
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction Italian
Contents The Golden Century of German Drama (1750-1850)
Reference texts Obligatory readings for all students:

GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING, Nathan der Weise, Reclam, Stuttgart; trad.it. Nathan il saggio, a cura di A. Casalegno, introduzione di E. Bonfatti, Garzanti, Milano 2000 (con testo a fronte);
JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE, Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil, Reclam, Stuttgart; trad. it. Faust, a cura di F.Fortini, Mondadori, Milano, 1982, vol.I° (con testo a fronte);
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER, Maria Stuart, Reclam Stuttgart; trad. it. Maria Stuarda, nota introduttiva e traduzione di M.D.Ponti, Einaudi, Torino 1982;
HEINRICH VON KLEIST, Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Reclam, Stuttgart; trad.it. Il principe di Homburg, introduzione e traduzione di R.Rossanda, a cura di H.Dorowin, Marsilio, Venezia 1997 (con testo a fronte);
GEORG BÜCHNER, Woyzeck, Reclam, Stuttgart; trad. it Woyzeck, a cura di H.Dorowin, traduzione di C.Magris, Marsilio, Venezia, 1988 (con testo a fronte);


V. ZMEGAC-Z. SKREB-L. SEKULIC, Breve storia della letteratura tedesca. Dalle Origini ai giorni nostri, Einaudi,
Torino 1995, pp. 50-245;

M.FANCELLI, Il Secolo d'Oro della drammaturgia tedesca, in R.Alonge-G.Davico-Bonino (a cura di), Storia del teatro moderno e contemporaneo, Einaudi, Torino, 2000, vol. IV: Il grande teatro borghese, pp.677-779;

Other readings suggested:

M.COMETA, L'età di Goethe, Carocci, Roma, 2006.

M. FRESCHI, La letteratura tedesca, il Mulino, Bologna 2008.

Methodological introduction:
E.SPEDICATO (a cura di), Letteratura tedesca. Manuale per l'università, ETS, Pisa, 2005.
Educational objectives Knowledge of the German literary history; ability to interpret literary texts in their historical, cultural, philosophical and literary context.
Prerequisites Basic knowledge of history, cultural history and literary criticism.
Teaching methods Frontal lectures, seminarial discussions, video projections
Other information For the timetable of the lessons and the exam dates see the official Department calendar.
Learning verification modality Final oral exam.
Extended program German Literature takes part in Weltliteratur thanks to the works of the great authors of the second half of the Eighteenth Century: Lessing, Wieland, Herder, Goethe, Schiller, and it expresses all its richness and variety in Romantic and Post-Romantic Era. The course will focus on the developments of the drama of the period, considering that most authors have experimented different forms of playwriting, thus contributing to its radical innovation.
The course is aimed at students of the second year of the Course in Foreign Languages and Cultures as well as at students of Literature and other Degree Courses.