German Culture I
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course focuses on the fundamental cultural aspects in the German-speaking countries between the 17th and 18th centuries. These are the centuries in which the great historical and social processes that mark the modernity begin to take shape. The aim of the course is to present the relationship between the fundamental events of material history and their representations in various areas of cultural discourse.
Expected learning outcomes
Students will have to acquire an autonomous ability to manage the main categories of periodization and the most important tools of conceptualization and understanding in the context of the cultural history of the German-speaking countries between the 17th and 18th centuries.
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
There are two units, which will be developed consecutively:
1) The birth of modern society (1700-1770) - 20 hours (Dr. Goggio)
This unit will focus on the emergence of society as understood in the modern sense in Germany. Taking into account the socio-political peculiarities of the German-speaking territories during the 18th century, attention will be focused on the rise of the (proto-)bourgeois class and ethos in Germany, with a special emphasis on the cultural phenomena that accompanied this development, such as the emergence of public opinion, the birth of the modern intellectual and the formation of a German cultural field.
2) Cultures of the modern age (1770-1850) - 40 hours (Prof. Pirro)
The fundamental events of the political, social and economic history of the German-speaking countries will be presented in their relations with various spheres of philosophical, aesthetic, historiographic production between Germany and Austria.
1) The birth of modern society (1700-1770) - 20 hours (Dr. Goggio)
This unit will focus on the emergence of society as understood in the modern sense in Germany. Taking into account the socio-political peculiarities of the German-speaking territories during the 18th century, attention will be focused on the rise of the (proto-)bourgeois class and ethos in Germany, with a special emphasis on the cultural phenomena that accompanied this development, such as the emergence of public opinion, the birth of the modern intellectual and the formation of a German cultural field.
2) Cultures of the modern age (1770-1850) - 40 hours (Prof. Pirro)
The fundamental events of the political, social and economic history of the German-speaking countries will be presented in their relations with various spheres of philosophical, aesthetic, historiographic production between Germany and Austria.
Prerequisites for admission
A rudimentary knowledge of the great categories and fundamental processes of modern European history is desirable.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Teaching Resources
See "Materiale di Riferimento Italiano"
Assessment methods and Criteria
There is an oral exam for attending and non-attending students. Students will be asked to demonstrate the assimilation of the course contents, the understanding of the basic conceptual repertoire and the ability to argue independently on some topics proposed by the teacher. The two units that make up the course will both be subject to assessment. The final grade will be expressed out of thirty.
L-LIN/13 - GERMAN LITERATURE - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Goggio Alessandra Maria, Pirro Maurizio
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