German Literature
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The necessary methodological (e.g. linguistic turn, cultural turn, gender studies) insights and thematic (e.g. dada, Africa and advertising) will be explored in a broad comparative perspective. The teaching is fully consistent with the objectives of the Course of Studies, which aims to ensure the acquisition of solid knowledge in the fields of multimedia communication, reinforcing a humanistic training for students.
Expected learning outcomes
Beginner students will be able to achieve an eminently passive knowledge of the German language, while advanced students will consolidate their previous language level. Common goals for all students are also the acquisition of basic knowledge of theory or literary history and the exercise of a textual, historical and cultural analysis, methodologically safe in its different modes of critical articulation. Through the interactive organization of the course, group work and verification tests in the field (online testing) and partial tests will also promote the following cross-skills: basic and functional literacy skills, multilingual competence, digital, personal, social competence and the ability to learn how to learn; competence on the subject of citizenship; competence in cultural awareness and expression.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The course will analyze experimentalism in German-speaking poetry from the Baroque to the present, paying particular attention to the different aspects of the Dadaist revolution.
Prerequisites for admission
The course does not provide students with a command of the German language as a prerequisite.
Teaching methods
The topics of the course will be addressed through interactive lessons, lectures and with the help of many teaching materials (PowerPoint presentations, scientific articles, monographic cards, online exercises, audiovisuals, conference recording) that the teacher will make available online (Ariel).
Although not mandatory, attendance is strongly recommended; those who support and pass the partial verification test are considered to be attending students.
Although not mandatory, attendance is strongly recommended; those who support and pass the partial verification test are considered to be attending students.
Teaching Resources
Teaching unity A
Examination program for attending students
Experimentelle und Konkrete Poesie, Vom Barock zur Gegenwart / a cura di Peter Reicharzt, Stuttgart, Klett, 1997
Teaching unity B
Examination program for attending students
Dada zum Vergnügen / a cura di Hermann Korte, Kalina Kupczynska, Stuttgart, Reclam, 2015
Dada da capo. Protesta e poesia nel segno del Cabaret Voltaire / Paola Bozzi, Milano, Mimesis, 2018
Dada Culture: Critical Texts on the Avant-garde / a cura di Dafydd Jones, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2006
Teaching unity C
Examination program for attending students
Konkrete Poesie - deutschsprachige Autoren. Anthologie / Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1972 (e sg.)
Visuelle Poesie. Anthologie / Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1995 (e sg.)
Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde / Dietrich Scheunemann, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2005
Teaching unit A
Examination program for non-attending students
Experimentelle und Konkrete Poesie, Vom Barock zur Gegenwart / a cura di Peter Reicharzt, Stuttgart, Klett, 1997
Teaching unit B
Examination program for non-attending students
Dada zum Vergnügen / a cura di Hermann Korte, Kalina Kupczynska, Stuttgart, Reclam, 2015
Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century / Jed Rasula, New York, Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015
Dada da capo. Protesta e poesia nel segno del Cabaret Voltaire / Paola Bozzi, Milano, Mimesis, 2018
Dada Culture: Critical Texts on the Avant-Garde / a cura di Dafydd Jones, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2006
Teaching unit C
Examination program for non-attending students
Konkrete Poesie - deutschsprachige Autoren. Anthologie / Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1972 (e sg.)
Konkrete Poesie / a cura di Heinz Ludwig Arnold, München, Text + Kritik, 1978, n. 25
Konkrete Poesie - Fundamentalpoetik und Textpraxis einer Neo-Avantgarde / Thomas Kopfermann, Frankfurt am Main, Lang, 1981
Visuelle Poesie. Anthologie / Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1995 (e sg.)
Visuelle Poesie / a cura di Heinz Ludwig Arnold, München, Text + Kritik, 1997, n. 30
Deutschsprachige Lyrik seit 1945 / Hermann Korte, Stuttgart, Metzler, 2004
Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde / Dietrich Scheunemann, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2005
Neo-Avant-Garde / David Hopkin, Amsterdam [u.a.] : Rodopi, 2006
"Wir leben in einer politischen Welt": Lyrik und Politik seit 1945 / Dieter Lamping, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008
Examination program for attending students
Experimentelle und Konkrete Poesie, Vom Barock zur Gegenwart / a cura di Peter Reicharzt, Stuttgart, Klett, 1997
Teaching unity B
Examination program for attending students
Dada zum Vergnügen / a cura di Hermann Korte, Kalina Kupczynska, Stuttgart, Reclam, 2015
Dada da capo. Protesta e poesia nel segno del Cabaret Voltaire / Paola Bozzi, Milano, Mimesis, 2018
Dada Culture: Critical Texts on the Avant-garde / a cura di Dafydd Jones, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2006
Teaching unity C
Examination program for attending students
Konkrete Poesie - deutschsprachige Autoren. Anthologie / Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1972 (e sg.)
Visuelle Poesie. Anthologie / Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1995 (e sg.)
Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde / Dietrich Scheunemann, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2005
Teaching unit A
Examination program for non-attending students
Experimentelle und Konkrete Poesie, Vom Barock zur Gegenwart / a cura di Peter Reicharzt, Stuttgart, Klett, 1997
Teaching unit B
Examination program for non-attending students
Dada zum Vergnügen / a cura di Hermann Korte, Kalina Kupczynska, Stuttgart, Reclam, 2015
Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century / Jed Rasula, New York, Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015
Dada da capo. Protesta e poesia nel segno del Cabaret Voltaire / Paola Bozzi, Milano, Mimesis, 2018
Dada Culture: Critical Texts on the Avant-Garde / a cura di Dafydd Jones, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2006
Teaching unit C
Examination program for non-attending students
Konkrete Poesie - deutschsprachige Autoren. Anthologie / Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1972 (e sg.)
Konkrete Poesie / a cura di Heinz Ludwig Arnold, München, Text + Kritik, 1978, n. 25
Konkrete Poesie - Fundamentalpoetik und Textpraxis einer Neo-Avantgarde / Thomas Kopfermann, Frankfurt am Main, Lang, 1981
Visuelle Poesie. Anthologie / Eugen Gomringer, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1995 (e sg.)
Visuelle Poesie / a cura di Heinz Ludwig Arnold, München, Text + Kritik, 1997, n. 30
Deutschsprachige Lyrik seit 1945 / Hermann Korte, Stuttgart, Metzler, 2004
Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde / Dietrich Scheunemann, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2005
Neo-Avant-Garde / David Hopkin, Amsterdam [u.a.] : Rodopi, 2006
"Wir leben in einer politischen Welt": Lyrik und Politik seit 1945 / Dieter Lamping, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008
Assessment methods and Criteria
Students who pass partial verification may be considered attending students. To this end, they draw up a written paper (6000 characters for 6 credits, 9000 for a maximum of 9 credits, spaces included) in Italian and deliver it respecting the deadline (two weeks); the oral exam consists of an interview on the topics of the course and in the program (including the international lectures "Dada & the Revolution"), aimed at ascertaining, if necessary, further knowledge and skills acquired and to finalize the outcome of the partial verification.
Students who have not passed the partial verification must consider themselves not attending students. They are also invited to contact the professor in advance at her e-mail address. The oral exam takes place in Italian, covers the entire bibliography of the course and includes primary texts as secondary in the original language. During the exam, the student must in particular know in full the texts contained in the anthologies Dada zum Vergnügen, Konkrete Poesie and Visuelle Poesie, although during the interview he can use the analysis or commentary of the poems of her / his own translations in Italian.
National and international students or Erasmus incoming are invited to make timely contact with the course professor.
The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with specific learning disabilities must be agreed with the professor in agreement with the competent office.
Students who have not passed the partial verification must consider themselves not attending students. They are also invited to contact the professor in advance at her e-mail address. The oral exam takes place in Italian, covers the entire bibliography of the course and includes primary texts as secondary in the original language. During the exam, the student must in particular know in full the texts contained in the anthologies Dada zum Vergnügen, Konkrete Poesie and Visuelle Poesie, although during the interview he can use the analysis or commentary of the poems of her / his own translations in Italian.
National and international students or Erasmus incoming are invited to make timely contact with the course professor.
The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with specific learning disabilities must be agreed with the professor in agreement with the competent office.
Unita' didattica A
L-LIN/13 - GERMAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-LIN/13 - GERMAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-LIN/13 - GERMAN LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)