Course: Literature and Culture of the Bohemian Lands

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Course title Literature and Culture of the Bohemian Lands
Course code KGN/LKBL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Krappmann Joerg, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
During the lecture first, the common epoch scheme from the Enlightenment to exile literature is presented, whereby the characteristics of the literature and culture of the Bohemian lands in comparison to Germany and the Habsburg Monarchy are demonstrated. In the last third of the lecture genres such as borderland novels (Grenzlandroman) or literary fantasy (Literarische Phantastik) and topics such as the First World War, image of the Czechs are discussed since they are of particular importance for the region.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The aim of the lecture is to familiarise students with the principal developments in the culture and literature of the Bohemian Lands from the Enlightenment to the Second World War and to provide them with an overview of the socio-political contexts of the individual literary periods. Particular emphasis is placed on the distinctive development of German-language culture in the Bohemian Lands, which evolved through its interaction with Czech culture. Students will also become familiar with intercultural and intracultural methodological approaches that offer new perspectives on German-language literature of the Bohemian Lands beyond the traditional distinction between Prague German literature and regional literature.
Students will gain an overview of the development of German-language literature and culture in the Bohemian Lands from the Enlightenment to the Second World War and of their social and political contexts. They will be able to place literary works within their historical, cultural, and intercultural contexts and explain the distinctive features of German-language culture in the Bohemian Lands. They will also acquire a basic understanding of intercultural and intracultural approaches to literary analysis and develop the ability to critically reflect on both traditional and contemporary concepts of the history of German-language literature in the Bohemian Lands.
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisities.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Successful completion of an oral examination assessing the knowledge acquired during the lecture. The examination will also assess students' knowledge of the required reading, selected individually from a reading list provided by the instructor.
Recommended literature
  • Becher, Peter/Jozo Džambo/Anna Knechtl (Hg.). (2014). Prag - Provinz. Wechselwirkungen und Gegensätze in der deutschsprachigen Regionalliteratur Böhmens, Mährens und Sudetenschlesiens. Wuppertal.
  • Becher/Höhne/Krappmann/Weinberg (Hg.). (2017). Handbuch der deutschen Literatur Prags und der Böhmischen Länder. IV. Literaturgeschichtliche Epochen (S. 118-240).. Stuttgart.
  • Brod, Max. (1966). Der Prager Kreis. Stuttgart.
  • Fiala-Fürst, Ingeborg. (2011). Was ist "deutschmährische Literatur"? Versuch der Definition eines unselbstverständlichen Subjekts. In: Christoph Fackelmann (Wynfrid Kriegleder (Hg.): Literatur - Geschichte - Österreich. Probleme, Perspektiven und Bausteine einer österreichischen Literaturgeschichte. S. 278-294.. Wien.
  • Goldstücker, Eduard. (1967). Die Prager deutsche Literatur als historisches Phänomen. In: ders.(Hg.): Weltfreunde. S. 21-45.. Prag.
  • Höhne, Steffen/Anna Dorothea Ludewig/Julius H. Schoeps (Hg.). (2016). Max Brod (1884-1968). Die Erfindung des Prager Kreises. Köln.
  • Krappmann, Jörg. (2013). Allerhand Übergänge. Interkulturelle Analysen der regionalen Literatur in Böhmen und Mähren sowie der deutschen Literatur in Prag (1890-1918). Bielefeld.
  • Krolop, Kurt. (2005). Studien zur Prager deutschen Literatur. Wien.
  • Peštová, Alžběta. (2022). Mährische Moderne. Ein Beitrag zur Literaturgeschichte der Böhmischen Länder. Berlin.
  • Voda Eschgfäller, Sabine/Milan Horňáček (Hg.). (2012). Regionalforschung zur Literatur der Moderne. Olomouc.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2022) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -