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Lecturer(s)
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Krappmann Joerg, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The lecture covers the period of Early Modernism from approximately 1880 to 1920. The term Early Modernism is understood as an umbrella concept encompassing the rapidly succeeding literary movements of the period, including Naturalism, Impressionism, Symbolism, Decadence, and Expressionism. The introductory lectures provide an overview of the main characteristics of these literary movements and their chronological development. The course then examines the principal literary forms and thematic discourses that contributed to the transformation of nineteenth-century bourgeois society into the modern world and to the emergence of a modern worldview. Following the introductory overview, individual lectures focus either on formal innovations in literary writing (the one-act play, Mittelachsenlyrik (central-axis lyric poetry), and metonymic versus metaphoric modes of writing) or on literary responses to major contemporary discourses, including family structures, the social question, Darwinism and evolutionary theory, and the relationship between pacifism and nationalism. The final third of the course concentrates on the genres of literary fantasy and the future novel/science fiction, both of which emerged during the period of Early Modernism and combine innovative literary forms with the central thematic and discursive concerns of the age.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the lecture is to familiarise students with the period of Early Modernism (1880-1920) as a key stage in the transformation of nineteenth-century bourgeois society into a modern democratic society. Through the study of the major literary movements of the periodNaturalism, Impressionism, Symbolism, Decadence, and Expressionismstudents will develop an understanding of literature as a reflection of social and cultural change and become familiar with the processes that have shaped contemporary social, political, and cultural structures. They will also gain an overview of the diversity of Early Modernist literary poetics and their relationship to both historical and contemporary cultural discourses.
Students will gain an overview of the development and the central discourses of literary Modernism between approximately 1880 and 1920. Through the analysis of selected literary texts, they will acquire methods of advanced literary analysis and develop the ability to relate literary texts to extra-literary discourses, particularly those of the natural sciences, technology, and socio-political developments.
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Prerequisites
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The lecture is intended for all students of the Palacký University.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
Successful completion of an oral examination (approximately 30 minutes), during which the individual topics covered in the lecture will be discussed. The examination will be structured around an individual reading list compiled by each student. Students are free to select the works included on their reading list; however, recommended readings will be provided for each thematic unit throughout the course.
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Recommended literature
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(1983). DTV Atlas deutsche Literatur.
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Baßler, Moritz. Deutsche Erzählprosa 1850-1950. Kapitel "Metonymische und metaphorische Schreibweisen", S. 19-30. Berlin. 2015.
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Baßler, Moritz. Deutsche Erzählprosa 1850-1950. Kapitel "Routines im Labor der Moderne", S. 113-207e. Berlin. 2015.
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Bunzel, Wolfgang. Einführung in die Literatur des Naturalismus, Kapitel III: Kontexte, S. 16-44. Darmstadt. 2008.
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Peštová, Alžběta. Mährische Moderne, Kapitel 1.3, S. 32-45 und Kapitel 2.1/2.2, S. 51-79. Berlin/Bern/New York. 2022.
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Stöckmann, Ingo. Entscheidungsspiele. In: Todorv/Weinberg (Hg.): Prag als Topos der Literatur, S. 103-116. Olomouc. 2011.
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