Unit GERMAN LITERATURE I
- Course
- Languages, comparative literatures and intercultural translation
- Study-unit Code
- A000166
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Hermann Dorowin
- Teachers
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- Hermann Dorowin
- Hours
- 54 ore - Hermann Dorowin
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-LIN/13
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- German
- Contents
- Heinrich von Kleist's Short Stories and Anecdotes
- Reference texts
- H. v. Kleist, Erzählungen. Studienausgabe, Stuttgart, Reclam, 2013 (economic edition of the stories only);
H. v. Kleist, Sämtliche Werke und Briefe. Zweibändige Ausgabe in einem Band, hg. v. Helmut Sembdner, München, dtv, 2001 (economic edition of all the works).
I racconti, trad. di A. Casalegno, Milano, Garzanti, 2004.
La marchesa di 0..., introd. e trad. di R. Rossanda a cura di M. Fancelli, Venezia, Marsilio, 1989 (quinta edizione riveduta e ampliata, Venezia 2002).
Michael Kohlhaas, trad. di P. Capriolo, a cura di H. Dorowin, Venezia 2003.
Secondary literature (mandatory readings)
W. Hinderer (Hg.), Kleists Erzählungen. Interpretationen, Stuttgart, Reclam, 1998.
H. J. Kreutzer, Heinrich von Kleist, München, dtv, 2011.
Other suggested readings:
I. Breuer (Hg.), Kleist-Handbuch. Leben – Werk – Wirkung, Stuttgart, Metzler, 2013.
L. F. Földényi, Heinrich von Kleist. Im Netz der Wörter, München, Matthes&Seitz, 1999.
J. Schmidt, Heinrich von Kleist. Die Dramen und Erzählungen in ihrer Epoche, Darmstadt, WBG, 2003.
H. Sembdner (Hg.), Heinrich von Kleists Lebensspuren. Dokumente und Berichte der Zeitgenossen, Bremen 1957. - Educational objectives
- In-depth knowledge of the author and the historical and cultural context in which he is placed. Ability to interpret the studied texts and to grasp their peculiar stylistic features.
- Prerequisites
- Solid knowledge of German cultural and literary history. Good knowledge of German language, written and oral.
- Teaching methods
- Blended teaching with synchronous and / or asynchronous mode.
- Other information
- For the course timetable and the exam dates see the official Department calendar.
- Learning verification modality
- Final oral exam
- Extended program
- Stories and anecdotes are an important part of Heinrich von Kleist's work alongside his rich theatrical production. Written in the years of the Napoleonic wars, when the author was strongly involved in the tragic historical events of the time, these works are striking for the lucid, dramatic and sometimes ironic style, with which certain shocking experiences of the protagonists are narrated. Major issues are covered here, such as the female condition in patriarchal society and the defense of the individual's freedom in front of a fragile legal systems, threatened by the outbreak of constantly lurking violence. Moreover, in the anecdotes the author comes to a paradoxical representation, both tragic and comic, of the human condition.