The programme in German Language and Literature is undoubtedly an important point of reference. The existing demand, both in the academic environment and outside it, for adequately trained personnel in communication skills in the German language, which go beyond the simple oral and written practice of a language and imply a good knowledge of the cultural, social and historical reality associated with it, as well as a good ability to analyse and interpret it.



In terms of employment, there is a high demand for knowledge of German language and culture in the labour market: we have intense commercial relations between the Basque Country and German-speaking countries, particularly Germany. Along with the demand for professionals with a solid knowledge of German and its culture, the demand for qualified teachers and trainers of German, who are needed to contribute to the training of these professionals, is also growing. This demand is particularly evident in the private education system, as well as in public bodies and institutions and in private companies.



The subject German History and Culture I is one of the basic subjects of the German pathway of the Bachelor's Degree in Philology and is taught in the second year in Spanish. It is part of the German History and Culture module and is complemented by German History and Culture II.



The aim of the German History and Culture module is to situate the literary production and varieties of the German language in the historical and cultural context of the German-speaking countries. This module provides an overview of the most important aspects of German history, geography, culture and thought. There are no prerequisites for admission to the German History and Culture Module.

Learning outcomes:

- Chronologically situate and explain the most important processes in the history of the German-speaking countries.

- Know the main formal and thematic features of the different plastic, architectural, musical, cinematographic or thought manifestations of the German-speaking countries that have arisen.

- Understand the interrelationship between the different cultural manifestations and between these and the processes of historical change.

- Identify the main forms and techniques of artistic and musical expression.

- Master the different theoretical perspectives and the corresponding terminology for the analysis of iconographic, musical, audiovisual or textual sources and their corresponding specific discourses.

- Understand in a critical and creative way iconographic, musical, audiovisual or textual sources.

- Elaborate corpora of documentation on different historical and cultural topics from bibliographic resources and other relevant sources of information, including ICT.



Skills:



M05CM01. acquire and apply knowledge of the geographical reality, the main institutions, social uses and cultural manifestations of German-speaking countries (G005,G006,G008; EQF 2,3,4,5).

M05CM02. Chronologically situate and explain the most important processes in the history of the German-speaking countries (G004,G008; EQF 1,2,3).

G003. Express oneself correctly orally and in writing in Basque or Spanish.

1. History of the German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages to German Unification

2. Visual Arts in German-speaking Countries from the Middle Ages to German Unification

3. Architecture in the German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages to German Unification

4. Music in the German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages to German Unification

5. Thought in the German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages to German Unification



Syllabus



1. Introduction to the subject - Main concepts - Work plan

2. From Roman Germania to the Middle Ages - Roman Germania and the Germanic invasions. - Creation of the Frankish Empire and its division at the Treaty of Verdun. - The Holy Roman Empire: creation, evolution, political and social system. - The quarrel of the investitures. - The rise of the cities and the creation of federations: the Hansa. - Architecture and Applied Arts: Pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and Gothic. - Medieval music: liturgical music and Minnesang.

3. Renaissance and Reformation - The Empire under Charles V. - The Reformation: main currents and political consequences. - The Schmalkaldic War. - Humanist thought. - Renaissance painting. - Renaissance architecture. -Renaissance music.

4. The Thirty Years‘ War and Absolutism - The Thirty Years’ War. - The Treaty of Westphalia. - Absolutism. - Two rising states: Austria and Prussia. - Baroque architecture and gardening. - Baroque music. - The Enlightenment. - Classical music.

5. The Napoleonic Wars and the Restoration - Napoleonic Wars. - Congress of Vienna. - Restoration. - Romantic painting. - Romantic music. - Philosophical Idealism.

6. The Revolution of 1848 and the Unification of Germany - The Revolution of 1848. -Industrialisation. -The Road to German Unification. - Political system of the new German Empire. - Painting of Bourgeois Realism and Symbolism. -19th century architecture: Historicism and Eclecticism. - Philosophical Materialism.

7. History of Switzerland from Habsburg emancipation to the 19th century - The road to independence: Der Ewige Bund. - Creation of the Swiss Confederation and territorial expansion. - The Reformation in Switzerland. - The French invasion and its consequences: the Helvetic Republic and the Act of Mediation. -Restoration of the Swiss Confederation. - The Constitution of 1848 and its reforms.

Learning will take place through the following tasks:



1. group problem-based learning

(M05CM1, M05CM2, G003) Learning outcomes: Collect relevant information on the chosen topic, cross-check and structure it in order to be able to present it to peers using appropriate means, prepare a dossier.

2. Presentation of topics by the teacher and study by the students.

(M05CM1, M05CM2, G003) Learning outcomes: Understand and explain the main processes of historical change and the evolution of the main cultural manifestations of German-speaking countries.

3. Interpretation of textual, iconographic, musical sources

(M05CM1, M05CM2, G003) Learning outcomes: Analyse in a reasoned way and taking into account artistic and historical criteria textual, iconographic and musical sources.

4. Elaboration of concept maps

(M05CM1, M05CM2) Learning outcomes: Elaborate graphical syntheses of specific topics proposed by the teachers.



In case of confinement, teaching will continue as normal through the university's virtual platform. The type of tasks envisaged are compatible with remote teaching.

• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 40
  • Individual works (%): 20
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 40

Group-based problem-based learning: classroom presentation and dossier

Competences: M05CM1, M05CM2, G003

The presentation will be assessed taking into account the following criteria:

- Appropriateness to the assignment

- Good documentation

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Good coordination between the members of the group

- Efficient use of the means of presentation

- Good command of verbal and body language

- Clarity of exposition and good expression

Percentage of the final mark: 40% of the final mark, provided that a minimum of 50% is obtained.

Exam: Specific questions, development of themes and interpretation of textual, iconographic and musical sources in the form of a commentary. In case of confinement, the face-to-face exam will be replaced by individual oral exams through the university's virtual platform.

Competences: M05CM1, M05CM2, G003

They will be assessed according to the following criteria:

- Satisfactory degree of assimilation of knowledge.

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Ability to relate concepts to each other

- Ability to identify the fundamental features (stylistic and content) of a textual, iconographic or musical source.

- Ability to situate a source within a given period and trend

- Ability to relate the source analysed to its historical and social context.

- Clarity of exposition and good expression

Percentage of the final mark: 40%, provided that a minimum of 50% is obtained in the total of the exam.

Handouts: source commentaries and concept maps.

Competences: M05CM1, M05CM2, G003

Assessment of the commentaries, taking into account the following criteria:

- Ability to identify the key features (stylistic and content) of a textual, iconographic or musical source.

- Ability to situate a source within a given period and current.

- Ability to relate the source analysed to its historical and social context.

- Clarity of exposition and good expression

Assessment of the concept maps, taking into account the following criteria:

- Satisfactory degree of assimilation of knowledge

- Ability to manage information

- Creativity in relating concepts

- Efficient use of graphic resources

Percentage of the final mark: 20%.



Students who wish to do so must submit a written waiver of the mixed assessment three weeks before the official date scheduled for the exam to the responsible teacher. In this case, the assessment will consist of:

A written individual research paper on a topic agreed with the teacher, no less than 14 pages in length. It will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

- Interest of the hypothesis presented

- Good documentation and critical handling of the secondary bibliography.

- Knowledge and application of the formal rules of philological work.

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Capacity for analysis and critical spirit

- Establishment of relations between the object of study and its context.

- Clarity of exposition and good expression

Percentage of the final mark: 50%, provided that a minimum of 50% is obtained in the work.

Examination, consisting of specific questions, development of themes and interpretation of textual, iconographic and musical sources in the form of a commentary. In case of confinement, the face-to-face exam will be replaced by individual oral exams through the university's virtual platform. Assessment will be based on the following criteria:

- Satisfactory degree of assimilation of knowledge

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Ability to relate concepts to each other

- Ability to identify the fundamental features (stylistic and content) of a textual, iconographic or musical source.

- Ability to situate a source in a given period and trend

- Ability to relate the source analysed to its historical and social context.

- Clarity of exposition and good expression

Percentage of the final mark: 50%, provided that a minimum of 50% is obtained in the total of the exam.





Students are warned that the presence of total or partial plagiarism in the submitted assignments or the use of artificial intelligences such as ChatGPT will automatically lead to a mark of 0 in the corresponding assignment. The presence of serious grammatical and spelling mistakes and/or incorrect or inadequate expression in an academic context will lead to failure.



In order to withdraw from the exam, it is sufficient not to take the exam.

Students who have not passed the part of continuous assessment in the first call or have not taken it, must submit an individual written work in the extraordinary call, in addition to the written test.



Exam: Specific questions, development of themes and interpretation of textual, iconographic and musical sources in the form of a commentary, in case of confinement, the exam will be replaced by individual oral exams through the university's virtual platform.

Competences: M05CM1, M05CM2, G003

They will be assessed according to the following criteria:

- Satisfactory degree of assimilation of knowledge.

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Ability to relate concepts to each other

- Ability to identify the fundamental features (stylistic and content) of a textual, iconographic or musical source.

- Ability to situate a source within a given period and trend

- Ability to relate the source analysed to its historical and social context.

- Clarity of exposition and good expression

Percentage of the final mark: 50%, provided that a minimum of 50% is obtained in the total of the exam.



Individual written research paper, no less than 14 pages in length:

Competences: M05CM1, M05CM2, G003

It will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

- Interest of the hypothesis presented

- Good documentation and critical handling of the secondary bibliography.

- Knowledge and application of the formal rules of philological work.

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Capacity for analysis and critical spirit

- Ability to establish relationships between cultural manifestations and their historical context.

- Clarity of exposition and good expression

Percentage of the final mark: 50% of the final mark, provided that a minimum of 50% is obtained.



Students are warned that the presence of total or partial plagiarism in the submitted assignments or the use of artificial intelligences such as ChatGPT will automatically lead to a mark of 0 in the corresponding assignment. The presence of serious grammatical and spelling mistakes and/or incorrect or inadequate expression in an academic context will lead to failure.

- Fulbrook, Mary (2003): Historia de Alemania. Akal Cambridge. Madrid.
- Gebhardt, Volker (2002): Schnellkurs Deutsche Kunst. DuMont Literatur und Kunst. Köln.
- Ries, Gerd (2005): Schnellkurs Deutsche Geschichte. DuMont Literatur und Kunst. Köln.

Basic bibliography

- Bosl, Karl, Günther Franz y Hubert Hofmann (1995): Biographisches Wörterbuch zur deutschen Geschichte. 3 vols. K.G. Saur. München.

- François, Etienne y Schulze, Hagen, (eds.) (2002): Deutsche Erinnerungsorte. 3 Vols. München: C. H. Beck

- Gebhart, Volker (2004): Das Deusche in der deutschen Kunst. Köln: Dumont.

- Grout, Donald Jay y Claude V. Palisca (1995): Historia de la música occidental. 2. vols. Alianza. Madrid.

- Mirow, Jürgen (1996): Geschichte des deutschen Volkes. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Parkland. Köln.

- Rademacher, Johannes (2002): Schnellkurs Musik. Köln: Dumont.

- Scheuch, Manfred (2008): Historischer Atlas Deutschland : vom Frankenreich zur Wiedervereinigung in Karten, Bildern und Texten. Christian Brandtstätter. Wien.

- Stadler, Peter (2003): Epochen der Schweizergeschichte. Zürich, Orell Füssli.

- Suckale, Robert (1998): Kunst in Deutschland. Von Karl dem Großen bis heute. DuMont. Köln.

In-depth bibliography

- Bukofzer, Manfred (1994): La música en la época barroca. De Monteverdi a Bach. Alianza. Madrid.
- Fehrenbach, Elisabeth (2001): Vom Ancien Régime zum Wiener Kongress. Oldenbourg. München.
- Lautzas, Peter y Michael Wagner (1983): Die Entstehung der modernen Welt. Renaissance, Humanismus, Reformation. Ploetz. Freiburg / Würzburg.
- Vierhaus, Rudolf (1984): Deutschland im Zeitalter des Absolutismus (1648 - 1763). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Goettingen.
- Waas, Adolf (1996): Der Mensch im deutschen Mittelalter. VMA-Verlag. Wiesbaden.

Journals

- Historische Zeitschrift
- Geschichte und Gesellschaft Historisches Jahrbuch
- Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft
- Archiv für Kulturgeschichte
- kea. Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften
- Journal für Kunstgeschichte
- Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte
- Musik
- Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie

Web addresses

- Art Das Kunstmagazin http://www.art-magazin.de/
- Artcyclopedia.The Fine Art Search Engin. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
- Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur http://www.bildindex.de/intro.htm
- Cinegraph. Daten, Fakten und Hintergründe zur Geschichte des deutschsprachigen Films http://www.cinegraph.de/index.html
- Damals Geschichte online http://www.damals.de/sixcms/detail.php?template_id=3058
- Forschungsstelle "Westfälischer Friede". http://www.lwl.org/westfaelischer-friede/wfd-dok.htm
- Fundus: Forum für Geschichte und ihre Quellen http://www.fundus.d-r.de/
- Geschi.de, Geschichte finden leicht gemacht http://www.geschi.de/
- Geschichtelinks http://www.geschichtecom.org/geschichtelinks.htm
- Hacken, Richard: History of Germany: Primary Documents http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/germany.html Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
- Hendel, Sascha (1994-2003): archINFORM http://www.archinform.de
- Historicum.net Geschichts- und Kunstwissenschaften im Internet http://www.historicum.net/
Historische Zeitschrift http://www.oldenbourg.de/verlag/historische-zeitschrift/
- Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. http://www.snl.ch/dhs/externe/index.html
- Internet-Adressen für HistorikerInnen Universität Bern http://www.cx.unibe.ch/hist/histlink.htm
- Kunst-und-kultur.de http://www.kunst-und-kultur.de/
- Neue Musikzeitung http://www.nmz.de/
- PSM Data Geschichte (en línea). http://www.zum.de/psm/index1.php
- Renaissance and Baroque Architecture Digital Image Center Coordinator University of Virginia Library Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/index.html
- Schnitt http://www.schnitt.de/
- Sozial-Geschichte online http://www.stiftung-sozialgeschichte.de/
- SUSAS Netzwerk für Wissensweitergabe. Geschichte http://www.susas.de/index.htm
- Vitruvio.ch: Architecture on the Web http://www.vitruvio.ch/index.html.
- Willkommen auf den Mittelalterseiten http://www.jadu.de/mittelalter/