COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: "HITLER IS ALIVE" - ENHANCEMENT
| Title | ΕΙΔΙΚΑ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ ΣΥΓΚΡΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ: «Ο ΧΙΤΛΕΡ ΖΕΙ»: ΕΝΑΛΛΑΚΤΙΚΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΣΤΗ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΝ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟ - ΕΜΒΑΘΥΝΣΗ / COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: "HITLER IS ALIVE" - ENHANCEMENT |
| Title in German | Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft: „Hitler lebt“: Αlternative Geschichte in Literatur und Film |
| Code | ΒΚ0329-ΕΜ |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | German Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024538 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Germanikīs Glṓssas kai Filologías (2020-sīmera)
Registered students: 11
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | EPILEGOMENA EIDIKEUSĪS | Winter/Spring | - | 3 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 1 |
| Total Hours | 13 |
| Class ID | 600253028
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Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600253028
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning:
- eLearning (Moodle):
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction)
- German (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
German Language 101, 201, 301
Learning Outcomes
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 paper. 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
Keywords
Allohistory, Dystopias
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Book
- Power Point
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Assigment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 75 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 75 | 3 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Primärliteratur:
Thorsten Becker (1996): Schönes Deutschland
Christian v. Ditfurth (1999): Die Mauer steht am Rhein. Deutschland nach dem Sieg des Sozialismus
Philip K. Dick (1962): Das Orakel vom Berge (englischer Originaltitel: The Man in the High Castle)
Filme:
- „The Man in the High Castle“ (2015-2019) (Dystopie, TV-Serie, basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Buch von Philip K. Dick)
- „Er ist wieder da“ (2015) (deutsche Filmkomödie, Regisseur: David Wnendt. Literaturverfilmung basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Bestseller-Roman des Autors Timur Vermes von 2012)
Additional bibliography for study
Όλα τα επιλεγμένα κείμενα που παρουσιάζονται στο μάθημα.
Sekundärliteratur:
Baßler, Moritz: New Historicism. Literaturgeschichte als Poetik der Kultur. Mit Beiträgen von Stephen Greenblatt, Louis Montrose u.a. Frankfurt a.M. 1995.
Chamberlain, Gordon B.: „Afterword: Allohistory in Science Fiction“. In: Waugh, Charles G. and Martin H. Greenberg (Hrsg.): Alternative Histories: Eleven Stories of the World as It Might Have Been. New York 1986, S. 281-300.
Cuonz, Daniel: „New Economic Criticism“. In: Vogl, Joseph und Wolf, Burkhardt (Hrsg.): Handbuch Literatur & Ökonomie. Berlin/Boston 2019, S. 33–47.
Esselborn, Hans: Utopie, Antiutopie und Science Fiction im deutschsprachigen Roman des 20. Jahrhunderts. Würzburg 2003.
Last Update
05-02-2025
