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German Literature B
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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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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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| TOTALE (voci sopra-elencate): TOTAL: |
125.0 |
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| Ore di lezione settimanali: |
3.0 |
Prerequisites:
It is preferable if students have previously attended German Literature A; it is possible for non-attending students to agree upon an alternative bibliography.
Educational goals:
The course intends to introduce students to Central European writing through one of its most significant and prophetic voices.
Course contents:
"The white darkness of nature". Nietzsche considered Adalbert Stifter's "Late Summer" to be a masterpiece and reread it many times during his life; for his part, Thomas Mann did not fail to praise the writings which were so fully devoted to the numinous element that is hidden in the simplest things. Failed painted, tutor in the house of Metternich, and a writer in later life, Stifter is the great predecessor of that generation of Central European writers - from Musil to Kafka - which restored tragic value to realism. Stifter wrote no story or novel which, in dreamy visions of nature, do not betray the dark anguish that is the unspoken word. Texs analysed during the course: A. Stifter, "Late Summer" (Novecento; Palermo, 2005), pp.595; "Crystal Rock" (Adelphi; Milan, 1999), pp.89; "Tormalina" (Marsilio; Venice, 1990), pp.140.
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Lectures
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oral
The exam tests the critical and litterary skills acquired by the student during the course.
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Italian
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