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Lecturer(s)
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Voda Eschgfäller Sabine, Mgr. Dr.
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Course content
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The seminar examines selected forms of literary modernism and different approaches to its theoretical and literary-historical definition. The specific thematic focus and the selection of works analysed may vary from semester to semester. Particular attention may be paid to different concepts of modernism, its thematic and formal aspects, its relationship to the avant-garde and other art forms, and the works of selected authors. Teaching is based on the reading, analysis, and joint interpretation of primary literary texts and on work with selected secondary sources. Worksheets are prepared for each seminar session. The primary and secondary texts, worksheets, and both the video clips used in class and supplementary video materials are made available to students in Moodle.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Homework for Teaching
- 14 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The purpose of this required elective seminar, the content of which (specific literary texts to be analyzed and interpreted) may vary from semester to semester, is to introduce students to the many different faces (and many different definitions and ideas of the epoch) of the artistic expression of modernism through the method of literary scholarly interpretation of texts. Individual seminars may cover - the different definitions of modernism (artistic modernism as a reaction to rational philosophical modernism, modernism as a critique of language, "die andere Moderne", modernism in the narrow sense as an artistic expression of the early 20th century, modernism and the avant-garde, the relation of literary modernism to other art forms) - the individual thematic and expressive aspects of modernism (modernism as "Nervenkunst", psychological modernism, the critique of language, the great motifs of modernism) - individual authors of modernism and their works
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be familiar with the principal concepts of literary modernism and will be able to explain their different theoretical and literary-historical foundations. They will be able to characterise modernism as a response to rationalist conceptions of modernity, as a critique of language, as a psychologically and aesthetically differentiated artistic movement, and in relation to the avant-garde and other art forms. Students will be able to analyse and interpret selected literary texts of modernism, identify their thematic, linguistic, and poetic characteristics, and place them within broader cultural and historical contexts. They will be able to work with scholarly literature, formulate well-supported interpretations, and defend them in academic discussion.
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Prerequisites
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The course is intended for students enrolled in German Studies programmes and other interested students who have a basic knowledge of German-language literary history around the turn of the twentieth century. Prior familiarity with individual concepts of modernism is advantageous but is not a prerequisite for completing the seminar. The seminar is not suitable for first-year bachelor's students. German language proficiency at approximately B2 level is expected for reading and interpreting primary literary texts, working with scholarly literature, and participating actively in seminar discussions. Students should be able to read literary texts closely, formulate their own interpretative observations, and discuss them in an academically appropriate manner.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Dialog, Written exam
In this seminar, students are expected to prepare extensively for the seminar sessions by reading the texts indicated in the seminar plan thoroughly beforehand. They must also participate regularly in class discussion. At the end of the semester, they write a final exam that relates to the content of the seminar sessions and the texts read. This written exam must be discussed in person. In the discussion, the performance during the semester and in the written exam is reflected on and a summary is made of the knowledge gained. Two unexcused absences are permitted.
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Recommended literature
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(2007). Interpretationen. Erzählungen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart.
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Falk, Walter. (1977). Der kollektive Traum vom Krieg. Epochale Strukturen der deutschen Literatur zwischen Naturalismus und Expressionismus. Heidelberg.
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Fliedl, Konstanze. (1998). Arthur Schnitzler. Poetik der Erinnerung. Wien/Köln/Weimar.
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Heselhaus, Clemens. (1961). Deutsche Lyrik der Moderne. Von Nietzsche bis Yvan Goll. Düsseldorf.
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Niedermeier Cornelia/ Wagner, Karl. Literatur um 1900. Wien/ Köln. 2001.
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Noble, Cecil. (1978). Sprachskepsis. Über Dichtung der Moderne. München.
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Ruprecht, Erich (a.j.). Literarische Manifeste der Jahrhundertwende. 1890-1910. Stuttgart. 1970.
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Vietta, Silvio. (1992). Die literarische Moderne. Stuttgart.
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Weibl, Peter (Hrsg.). (1976). Österreichische Avantgarde 1900-1938. Ein unbekannter Aspekt. Wien.
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