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Course title:
German Literature
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1 - German Literature A
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as stated in the plan of studies
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| Attività frontale: Lectures: |
30.0 |
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| Esercitazioni: Applied activities: |
0.0 |
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| Studio individuale: Individual work: |
95.0 |
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| Attività didattica a piccoli gruppi: Group work: |
0.0 |
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| Seminari: Seminars: |
0.0 |
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| Laboratori: Laboratories: |
0.0 |
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| TOTALE (voci sopra-elencate): TOTAL: |
125.0 |
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| Ore di lezione settimanali: |
3.0 |
Prerequisites:
No prerequisites are requested.
Educational goals:
The course aims at introducing the student to the crisis of language characterizing German literature and philosophy at the beginning of the XXth century; it will also make the student familiar with the different narrative solutions that poets and writers tried to find to such a crisis, with particular reference to the two novels by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Course contents:
The silence of words. After an introduction on the so-called "Sprachkrise" of the beginning of the XXth century, and after an analysis of the famous Lord Chandos' Letter, which gave voice to that crisis, the course will be devoted to "Ewald Tragy" and "I quaderni di Malte Laurids Brigge" by Rainer Maria Rilke and will show how the poet, in these two portraits of the artist as a young man, tries to give words a new, modern eloquence. During the course, the following texts will be analyzed: H.von Hofmannsthal, "Lettera di Lord Chandos", a cura di G.Lacchin, Mimesis, Milano, 2007, p.209; R.M.Rilke, "Ewald Tragy", Adelphi, Milano, 1974, pp.88; R.M.Rilke, "i quaderni di Malte Laurids Brigge", Adelphi, Milano, 1992, pp.211
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Teaching activities:
lectures
Assessment:
oral
During the exam the student will be asked to reflect on the critical knowledge given by the course.
Teaching language:
italian
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