Module: German Literature & Society

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	German Literature & Society
Module Code	GE426 (ITS) / GER1032 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	SALIS
Module Co-ordinator	Christina Krug
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only
Same format/subject as written paper first submitted

Description

This course will examine social and cultural issues represented in literature and film in modern Germany.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify key ideas and experiences that have played a key part in modern German social and political history.
2. Analyse the representation of such issues in major works of modern German literature and film
3. Discuss the contributions made to cultural debates in modern Germany by leading authors and film-makers
4. Relate specific literary-filmic genres and modes of discourse to the historical context in which they were produced.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Seminars	24	students present on the topics discussed
Independent Study	101	preparation and revision of classwork
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Description
The module will focus on themes portrayed in individual works, rather than on periods or movements, covering a range of historical contexts. This will facilitate comparative analysis . In the course of the semester three of the following topics will be discussed in discussion of both literature and film: the post-war experience, ideology and class division, gender and sexuality, minorities and intercultural relations, technology and modernity, youth and generational conflict; the Holocaust and Germany today. The class will be conducted in English and German

selected reading
Selected works will include some of the following: H.-U. Treichel, Der Verlorene; C. Hein, Der Tangospieler; P. Süskind, Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer, B. Schliink, Der Vorleser; D. Dörrie, Liebe, Schmerz; M. Durzak (ed.) Erzählte Zeit. 50 deutsche Kurzgeschichten

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	A written paper on specific topic or author/film-maker	70%	Sem 2 End
Presentation	Class presentation on a different topic	20%	Week 8
Performance evaluation	Evaluation of participation in class	10%	Sem 2 End

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

W. Jacobsen & A. Kaes (eds.): 1993, Geschichte des deutschen Films, Metzler, Stuttgart/Weimar,
A. Kaes & M. Jay (eds.): 1994, The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, Univ. of California, Berkeley,
H. Watanabe-O'Kelly (ed.): 1997, The Cambridge History of German Literature, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge,
B. Murdoch: 2006, The Novels of E.M. Remarque: sparks of life, Rochester N.Y.,
I. Rogoff (ed.): 1990, Themes and Problems in German Modernism, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge,
T.J. Reed: 1974, Thomas Mann: the uses of tradition, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford,
Thomas Elsaesser: 1996, Fassbinder's Germany: history, identity, subject, Rodopi, Amsterdam,

Other Resources

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