FLG 316 German Poetry
Instructor : Dr. Lutz Kube, 1911 Building, Room 136.
Tel.: 515-9304.
Email: lkube@unity.ncsu.edu
Office Hours
: M, W, F:
Materials
Browning, Robert M. and Thomas
Kerth, eds. German Poetry:
A Critical Anthology
Hoffmann,
Dieter. Arbeitsbuch Deutschsprachige
Lyrik seit 1945.
Objectives
Students will study German poetry of different literary epochs from the Baroque to the present. You will get to know some major German poets and different forms of poetry. You will learn how to appreciate poetry, how to better understand and analyze it. By discussing German poetry in German, you will also improve your command of the German language.
- 2 papers (about 3 pages double-spaced) on selected poems, poets of your choice
- 6 short analyses of poems
- midterm
- final.
Attendance
Regular attendance is very important .Three absences are allowed during the semester, but each subsequent unexcused absence will result in an automatic reduction of your grade by one percentage point.
Grading
2 papers: 30%
6 written homeworks: 15%
Participation: 15%
Midterm: 20%
Final: 20%
Viel Spaß!
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Jan 7 |
Introduction |
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Jan 9 |
Introduction
into the analysis of poetry,
Naturlyrik |
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Jan 11 |
Naturlyrik |
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Jan 14 |
Naturlyrik |
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Jan 16 |
Baroque
(Gryphius, von
Hoffmannswaldau, Greiffenberg) |
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Jan 18 |
Baroque |
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Jan 21 |
Baroque |
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Jan 23 |
Klopstock |
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Jan 25 |
Klassik
(Introduction) |
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Jan 28 |
Goethe |
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Jan 30 |
Reading day,
no class meeting |
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Feb 1 |
Goethe |
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Feb 4 |
Hölderlin
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Feb 6 |
Schiller |
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Feb 8 |
Romanticism (Introduction) |
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Feb 11 |
Novalis |
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Feb 13 |
Brentano,
Uhland |
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Feb 15 |
Eichendorff |
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Feb 18 |
Volkslieder |
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Feb 20 |
Biedermaier
, Realismus
(Introduction) |
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Feb 25 |
Droste-Hü
lshoff
, Mörike;
First Paper due
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Feb 27 |
Storm, C.
F. Meyer
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Mar 1 |
Heine
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Mar 4 |
Midterm
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Mar 6 |
Love Poetry
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Mar 8 |
Love poetry
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Mar 11-15 |
Spring Break
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Mar 18 |
Symbolism, Impressionism
Introduction
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Mar 20 |
George
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Mar 22 |
Hofmannsthal
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Mar 25 |
Rilke
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Mar 27, 29 |
Easter Break
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Apr 1 |
Expressionism
Introduction
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Apr 3 |
Benn, van
Hoddis
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Apr 5 |
Brecht
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Apr 8 |
Brecht
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Apr 10 |
Tr
ümmerlyrik
(
Eich,
Sachs)
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Apr 12 |
Hermetic Poetry
Introcution
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Apr 15 |
Celan
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Apr 17 |
Bachmann
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Apr 19 |
Jandl
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Apr 22 |
Political Poetry
(Introduction)
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Apr 24 |
Bachmann,
Enzensberger
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Apr 26 |
Braun,
Biermann; 2nd paper
due
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Apr 29 |
Wondratschek
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May 1 |
Newest German Poetry
(Grü
nbein)
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May 3 |
Rosenlöcher
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