EPOCHS, GENRES, LITERARY MOVEMENTS: EXPRESSIONISM (DRAMA, POETRY, PROSE)

Course Information
TitleΕΠΟΧΕΣ, ΕΙΔΗ, ΡΕΥΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑΣ: ΕΞΠΡΕΣΣΙΟΝΙΣΜΟΣ / EPOCHS, GENRES, LITERARY MOVEMENTS: EXPRESSIONISM (DRAMA, POETRY, PROSE)
Title in GermanEpochen, Gattungen, Strömungen: Expressionismus (Dramen, Lyrik, Prosa)
CodeΒΚ0209
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolGerman Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600000044

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Germanikīs Glṓssas kai Filologías (2020-sīmera)

Registered students: 3
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSEPILEGOMENA EIDIKEUSĪSWinter/Spring-6

Class Information
Academic Year2015 – 2016
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600000327
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction)
  • German (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
German Language I-IV
Learning Outcomes
All three genres show how multilayer and multiform the themes, motifs and aesthetic stylistic devices of Expressionism (approx. 1910 - 1925) – the second generation of literary Modernism - are. In this seminar, the following texts will be examined: Gottfried Benn Rönne-Novellen (Gehirne (1914), Die Eroberung (1915)), Alfred Döblin Die Ermordung einer Butterblume (1910), Georg Heym Der Dieb. Ein Novellenbuch (1913) (Der fünfte Oktober (1911), Der Irre (1911)), Franz Kafka Das Urteil (1913), Die Verwandlung (1912), Ein Bericht für eine Akademie (1917), Alfred Döblin Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun. Chinesischer Roman (1915), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), Georg Kaiser Von morgens bis mitternachts (1916), Georg Kaiser: Gas (1917/18), Gas. Zweiter Teil (1918/19), Kurt Pinthus (1920): Menschheitsdämmerung – Ein Dokument des Expressionismus. Students learn (1) how to cooperate and participate regularly and actively, (2) how to present a literary subject orally and (3) how to write a written test. This way they become acquainted with (1) multiple methods of text analysis and interpretation, (2) the scientific handling of bibliography/ secondary literature and (3) their own production of scientific texts. The language of the course is german, which additionally helps the students improve their language competence.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
All three genres show how multilayer and multiform the themes, motifs and aesthetic stylistic devices of Expressionism (approx. 1910 - 1925) – the second generation of literary Modernism - are. In this seminar, the following texts will be examined: Gottfried Benn Rönne-Novellen (Gehirne (1914), Die Eroberung (1915)), Alfred Döblin Die Ermordung einer Butterblume (1910), Georg Heym Der Dieb. Ein Novellenbuch (1913) (Der fünfte Oktober (1911), Der Irre (1911)), Franz Kafka Das Urteil (1913), Die Verwandlung (1912), Ein Bericht für eine Akademie (1917), Alfred Döblin Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun. Chinesischer Roman (1915), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), Georg Kaiser Von morgens bis mitternachts (1916), Georg Kaiser: Gas (1917/18), Gas. Zweiter Teil (1918/19), Kurt Pinthus (1920): Menschheitsdämmerung – Ein Dokument des Expressionismus.
Keywords
Expressionism, second generation of literary Modernism
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
  • PowerPoint
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Seminars783.1
Reading Assigment321.3
Project371.5
Exams30.1
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Regular and active cooperation and participation, oral presentation of a literary subject and a written test (6 ECTS).
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Όλα τα επιλεγμένα κείμενα που παρουσιάζονται στο μάθημα. Και: 1) Expressionismus und Dadaismus , Best, Otto F., 1929-Stuttgart : Ph. Reclam, 1988. 2) Theorie des Expressionismus , Best, Otto F., 1929- Stuttgart : Reclam, 1976. 3) Expressionismus und Kulturkrise , Huppauf, Bernd-Rüdiger , Heidelberg : C. Winter, 1983. 4) Prosa des Expressionismus : Herkunft, Analyse, Inventar. Arnold, Armin. Stuttgart : W. Kohlhammer, 1972. 5) Prosa des Expressionismus , Krull, Wilhelm. Stuttgart : Metzlersche Verlagsbuchh., 1984. 6) Prosa des Expressionismus , Martini, Fritz, 1909- Stuttgart : Reclam, 1983. 7) Die Lyrik des Expressionismus , Schmidt-Bergmann, Hansgeorg, Hermann, Sonja, Stuttgart : Reclam, 2003. 8) Literatur des Expressionismus , Anz, Thomas. Stuttgart : J.B. Metzler, 2002. 9) Naturalismus, Fin de siecle, Expressionismus 1890-1918, Mix, York-Gothart. München : Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2000. 10) Natur und Technik in der Literatur des frühen Expressionismus : dargestellt an ausgewählten Prosabeispielen von Alfred Döblin, Gottfried Benn und Carl Einstein , Bergner, Klaus-Dieter, Frankfurt am Main ; New York : P. Lang, 1998. 11) Das deutsche Drama vom Expressionismus bis zur Gegenwart : Interpretationen , Brauneck, Manfred, Bamberg : Buchner, 1977. 12) Deutsches Theater des Expressionismus: Wedekind, Lasker-Schüler, Barlach, Kaiser, Goering, Jahn. München, Langen, 1961. 13) Jahrhundertwende : vom Naturalismus zum Expressionismus 1880-1918, Trommler, Frank, 1939-Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt, 1982. 14) Literatur um 1900 : Naturalismus - Fin de Siècle - Expressionismus ,Ajouri, Philip, Berlin : Akademie-Verlag, 2009. 15) Arbeitsbuch deutschsprachige Lyrik 1880-1916 : vom Naturalismus bis zum Expressionismus, Hoffmann, Dieter. Tübingen und Basel : Francke, 2001. 16) Die literarische Moderne : eine problemgeschichtliche Darstellung der deutschsprachigen Literatur von Holderlin bis Thomas Bernhard , Vietta, Silvio, 1992. 17) Expressionismus, Vietta, Silvio, 1975.
Last Update
05-09-2016