Teaching Workshop: Love in Medieval German Literature

The aim of the workshop is to comment on German medieval lyrics and excerpts of relevant courtly romances dealing with different steps in the development of love. The texts will be read, translated and discussed in class, analyzed from a literary and cultural point of view.

By the end of the workshop, students will have acquired a basic knowledge of the main genres of medieval German literature and the ability to analyze texts both from a literary and a cultural point of view. They will also have developed the ability of comparing different ways of representing love according to author, work and genre.