According to the Dublin descriptors, the Course intends to pursue the following aims:

1) Knowledge and Understanding

The course aims to provide an overview of the literary phenomena of German-speaking literature from the period 1750-1830 with a focus on the use of fundamental critical, methodological and bibliographical tools. The main objective of the course is to address and foster the development of an individual critical capacity, performed by making conscious methodological choices demonstrating knowledge and understanding in a field of study of a post-secondary level, even of some cutting-edge topics in one's own field of study, with the support of advanced textbooks;

 

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

The course aims to develop the ability to apply acquired knowledge in the interpretation and understanding of texts, so as to demonstrate a professional approach to the reading and production of texts, and to possess adequate skills both to devise and support arguments and to solve problems in one's own field of study;

 

3) Autonomy of judgement

The course intends to develop the ability to collect and interpret data useful for making autonomous judgements, including reflection on related social, scientific or ethical issues.

 

4) Communication skills

The course aims to develop the ability to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors;

 

5) Learning skills

The course intends to provide the fundamental tools and methodologies of research in the literary field, thus fostering a common reflection on the ability to learn and on possible study and research strategies in order to develop the skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy;

The course will be divided into two parts:

1) A series of lessons will be devoted to texts, topics, motives, and methodologies regarding German arts and literature in the time between 1750 and 1830.

2) A series of lessons will be devoted to the discussion with the students taking part to the lessons about the literary texts listed in the program.

3) A mid-term examination will be organized in order to test learning progresses.

A) History and Literature in the time of Goethe

The course will refer to the use of a book about the history of literature with a specific cultural approach and with a focus on some relevant motifs of the “Age of Goethe” (book in section A) and to a general history of German Literature between 1750 and 1830 (see section A).

B) Main Motifs and Topics

The course will point out some main topics and motifs relevant to the literary works of the time (book in section B).

C) Innovation and Tradition

Genres and style as vehicle of innovation and tradition in their formal aspects as well as in their plot and language will be discussed by reading 5 Goethe, Faust. Eine Tragödie (compulsory for all participants) and 4 other texts to be chosen out of the given list.

The use of any edition of the classical texts is allowed.

A      General texts (choose one):

- Francesco Rossi, L'età romantica. Letteratura tedesca tra Rivoluzione e Restaurazione, Carocci, 2023, pp. 480.

- Michele Cometa, L’età classico-romantica. La cultura Letteraria in Germania tra Settescnto e Ottocento, Latrerzo, Roma 2009, pp.148.

 

In addition:

-       Kindl, Ulrike, Storia della letteratura tedesca, Volume 2. Dal Settecento alla prima guerra mondiale, Laterza, Milano, 2007, pp. 3-252.

 

B         Critical Essays (3 ECTS)

On the platform STUDIUM there will be a reader of critical essays. Choose at least two of them.

 

C  Classics  (3 ECTS)

-       Wieland, Christoph Martin, Dschinnistan

-       Goethe Johann Wolfgang, Faust I

-       Goethe Johann Wolfgang, Iphigenie auf Tauris

-       Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, Die Leiden des jungen Werther

-       Goethe, Johann Wolfgang con, Reise nach Italien

-       Kleist Heinrich, Penthesilea

-       Kleist Heinrich, Michael Kohlhaas,

-       Lessing Gotthold Ephraim, Nathan der Weise

-       Chamisso Adelbert von, Peter Schelhmilhs wundersame Geschichte

-       Hoffmann E.T.A., Der Sandmann

-       Moritz Karl Philipp, Anton Reiser.

-       Novalis, Heinrich von Ofterdingen

-       Tieck Ludwig, Der Blonde Eckbert

-       Novalis, Hymnen an die Nacht

-       Schiller Friedrich, Kabale und Liebe

-       Schiller, Friedrich, Die Räuber, Don Carlos, Maria Stuard

-       Grimm Jakob und Wilhelm, Kinder und Hausmärchen

-       Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué, Undine

-       Eichendorff, Josef K., Marmorbild

 

A brief reader of German lyrics will be put on STUDIUM and is part of the programm.

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.