UCJNNK11 German Jewish Literature

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • German (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives
The subject of this class is an introduction into German-Jewish literature with a focus on the 20th century and the present, based on selected authors and short texts or excerpts. Life and work of the authors are going to be presented in addition to an introduction into the specific problems and controversies of German-Jewish literature and its most important subjects: contacts and differences between cultures, emancipation and assimiliation, social issues, loss of former home countries, anti-semitism, the Shoah ('Holocaust') etc. Against the background of a very ephemeral glimpse into the history of Jewishness in Central Europe some understanding of the fundamental difficulties in defining and delineating a concept of "German-Jewish-Literature" is to be developed. It is planned to present life and works by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Heinrich Heine, Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka, Hilde Domin und Paul Celan. Sylabus: 1. Introduction into the history of Jewishness in Central Europe 2. How to develop a concept of "German-Jewish Literature" 3. Short genres from contemporary German-Jewish literature: aphorisms by Elazar Benyoetz, poetry by Hilde Domin 4. Moses Mendelssohn, G.E. Lessing 5. Heinrich Heine: Excerpt from "Deutschland, ein Wintermaerchen"; poetry 6. Else Lasker-Schueler: poetry 7. Franz Kafka and German-Jewish Literature from Prague. Short prose works: "Auf der Galerie"; "Eine kaiserliche Botschaft" 8. Walter Benjamin: Works of short prose 9. Poetry by Paul Celan and Erich Fried 10. Jurek Becker: "Jakob der Luegner". Excerpts from the novel and from the film based on it 11. Poetry by Ilse Aichinger and Rose Auslaender Recommended reading: Diner, D. (Hg.): Enzyklopaedie juedischer Geschichte und Kultur. Gesamtwerk in 7 Baenden inkl. Registerband. Stuttgart, 2011. Goltschnigg, D. / Schwob, A. (Hg.): Die Bukowina. Studien zu einer versunkenen Literaturlandschaft. Tuebingen, 1990. Hoffmann, D. (Hg.): Handbuch zur deutsch-juedischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Paderborn: Schoeningh, 2002. Horch, H.-O. (Hg.): Handbuch der deutsch-juedischen Literatur. Berlin: DeGruyter Oldenbourg, 2016. Integration und Ausgrenzung. Studien zur deutsch-juedischen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte von der Fruehen Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart. Hg. v. Mark H. Gelber, Jakob Hessing, Robert Juette. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2009. Kiedaisch, P. (Hg.): Lyrik nach Auschwitz? Adorno und die Dichter. Stuttgart, 2006. Krolop, K. / Zimmermann, H. D. (Hg.): Kafka und Prag (= Colloqium im Goethe-Institut Prag, November 1992). Berlin /New York, 1994. Mueller, M. (Hg.): Interpretationen. Franz Kafka. Romane und Erzaehlungen. Stuttgart, 1994. Topolská, L. / Václavek, L.: Beitraege zur deutschsprachigen Literatur in Tschechien (= Beitraege zur maehrischen deutschsprachigen Literatur, hg. v. Ingeborg Fiala-Fürst, Band 3). Olomouc, 2000.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Topolská, Lucy / Václavek, Ludvik. Beiträge zur deutschsprachigen Literatur in Tschechien (= Beiträge zur mährischen deutschsprachigen Literatur, hg. v. Ingeborg Fiala-Fürst, Band 3). Olomouc 2000. info
  • Goltschnigg, Dietmar / Schwob, Anton (Hg.). Die Bukowina. Studien zu einer versunkenen Literaturlandschaft. Tübingen 1990. info
  • Diner, Dan (Hg.). Enzyklopädie jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Gesamtwerk in 7 Bänden inkl. Registerband. Stuttgart 2011. info
  • Müller, Michael (Hg.). Interpretationen. Franz Kafka. Romane und Erzählungen. Stuttgart 1994. info
  • Krolop, Kurt / Zimmermann, Hans Dieter (Hg.). Kafka und Prag (= Colloqium im Goethe-Institut Prag, November 1992). Berlin / New York 1994. info
  • Kiedaisch, Petra (Hg.). Lyrik nach Auschwitz? Adorno und die Dichter. Stuttgart 2006. info
  • Kilcher, Andreas B. (Hg.). Metzler Lexikon der deutsch-jüdischen Literatur. Jüdische Autorinnen und Autoren deutscher Sprache von der Aufklärung bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart 2000. info
  • Goldstücker, Eduard. Weltfreunde. Konferenz über die Prager deutsche Literatur. Prag 1967. info
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Seminář 8 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Attendance (80% minimum), active participation in class, presentaton of an author and an example from his or her work in class. There will be a written examination at the end of the course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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