German Literature III is a compulsory subject in the third year of the Bachelor's Degree in Philology. 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 personnel adequately trained 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 capacity for analysis and interpretation of it.



In terms of employment, there is a high demand for knowledge of German language and culture in the labour market: there are 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 Literature III is one of the basic subjects of the German Itinerary of the Bachelor's Degree in Philology and is taught in the second year in Spanish. It is part of the German Literature Module and is complemented by German Literature I, II and IV. The four subjects of German Literature run from the second semester of the second year to the first semester of the fourth year.



The German Literature Module as a whole offers a general overview of the history of German literature from its beginnings to the present day. Through the study of paradigmatic texts, students learn to orient themselves in the overview of the main periods, movements and authors of German-language literature as well as in the corresponding historical stages. They will also become acquainted with different theoretical perspectives and the corresponding terminology for the literary analysis of German-language texts and metaliterary discourse.



There are no prerequisites for admission to the German Literature Module.



This particular subject is focused on the student acquiring the knowledge and skills specified below in the field of German-language literature between the last quarter of the 19th century and the Second World War, so that at the end of the four-month period he/she will be able to interpret literary phenomena and critically comment on literary texts from the following literary movements and literary periods: Naturalism, Literature of the fin de siècle, Expressionism, Literature of the 1920s, Literature between 1933 and 1945.

The language of instruction will be German, but the necessary explanations will be given in Spanish on request. Given that this subject is taught jointly to students of the Degree in Philology of the German pathway and to students of other degrees and pathways, a differentiation will be made between both groups when it comes to evaluation. Students enrolled in the subject German Literature III will use German in the elaboration of comments, work and writing of the written test at the end of the course, so the necessary level will be parallel to that of the course German Language VI. Students enrolled in the subject Literature of the Second Language I: German Language may choose the language in which they will hand in their work and take the corresponding tests.

Learning outcomes:



LO1 Be able to deal (in writing and orally) with the most relevant data on the main movements and authors of German-language literature from Naturalism to the end of World War II, as well as the corresponding historical stages.



LO2 Identify and present in a structured and reasoned way those formal and thematic features which allow to situate the most relevant works of literary production in German-speaking countries from Naturalism to the end of World War II in a period and relate them to their historical and social context.



LO3 Use different theoretical perspectives and the corresponding terminology for the literary analysis of German-language literary texts and metaliterary discourse.



LO4 Apply analysis, argumentation and critical thinking when dealing with German-language literary texts and interpret them from both a personal and historical perspective.



LO5 Manage and evaluate bibliographic resources and other relevant sources of information, including the use of ICT.



Skills:



M03CM01. Handle (in writing and orally) the most relevant facts about the main movements and authors of German-language literature as well as the corresponding historical stages (G001,G004,G006,G008; MEC1,2,3,4).

M03CM02. Identify and present in a structured and reasoned way those formal and thematic features that allow us to situate the most relevant works of literary production in German-speaking countries in a given period and relate them to their historical and social context (G001,G004,G005,G006,G008; MEC1,2,3,4,5).

M03CM03. Use different theoretical perspectives and the corresponding terminology for the analysis and interpretation of literary texts in German and metaliterary discourse (G004,G005,G006,G008; EQF1,2,3,4,5).

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

1. Naturalism

2. Literature of the fin de siècle: Impressionism, Symbolism, Decadentism, Jahrhundertwende Prose

3. Expressionism, Dada

4. Literature of the 1920s: Neue Sachlichkeit, epic theatre of Bertolt Brecht

5. Literature between 1933 and 1945: Exilliteratur, Innere Emigration, Blut- und Bodendichtung

Learning will take place through the following tasks:



1. group problem-based learning

(M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03, G003) Learning outcomes: establish a working hypothesis, collect relevant information on the selected work, collate and structure it to support the proposed hypothesis, present it to peers using appropriate means, prepare a dossier (M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03, G003).

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

(M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03) Learning outcomes: To understand and explain the most important facts about the main movements and authors of German-language literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment and the corresponding historical periods.

3. Interpretation of literary texts

(M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03,G003) Learning outcomes: reasoned analysis of textual sources, taking into account artistic and historical criteria, relevant theoretical perspectives and using appropriate metaliterary discourse.

4. Concept mapping

(M03CM01, M03CM02) Learning outcomes: elaborate graphical syntheses of specific topics proposed by the teacher.



In the event of confinement, teaching will continue as normal via the university's virtual platform. The type of tasks foreseen is 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

The assessment of this subject will be of a mixed type and will consist of:

1. Group problem-based learning

Skills: M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03, G003. Assessment criteria:

- Appropriateness to the assignment

- Good coordination between the members of the group

- 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

- Analytical and critical skills

- Knowledge and application of relevant theoretical perspectives and metaliterary discourse.

- Establishment of relationships between the analysed work and its context.

- 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.

2. Examination: Specific questions, development of themes and interpretation of literary texts 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.

Skills: M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03. Assessment criteria:

- Satisfactory degree of assimilation of knowledge.

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Ability to relate concepts to each other

- Ability to identify the fundamental features of a literary text.

- Ability to situate a text in a particular literary genre

- Ability to situate a literary text in a particular period and current

- Ability to relate the text 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.

3. Handouts: text commentaries and concept maps.

Skills: M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03. Assessment criteria:

- Ability to identify the key features (stylistic and content) of a literary text.

- Ability to situate the text in a given period and current.

- Ability to situate a text in a specific literary genre.

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

- Good documentation and critical handling of secondary bibliography.

- Knowledge and application of the formal rules and especially of citation in philological work.

- Clarity of exposition and good expression

- Satisfactory 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:

1. Examination: Specific questions, development of themes and interpretation of literary texts in the form of a commentary. In case of confinement, the face-to-face exam will be replaced by individual oral exams via the university's virtual platform.

Skills: M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03. Assessment criteria:

- Satisfactory degree of assimilation of knowledge.

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Ability to relate concepts to each other

- Ability to identify the fundamental features of a literary text.

- Ability to situate a text in a particular literary genre

- Ability to situate a literary text in a particular period and current

- Ability to relate the text 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.



2. Individual written research paper on a literary work of no less than 14 pages:

Skills: M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03, G003. Assessment criteria:

- Interest of the hypothesis presented.

- Good documentation and critical handling of secondary literature.

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

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Analytical and critical skills

- Knowledge and application of relevant theoretical perspectives and metaliterary discourse.

- Establishment of relationships between the analysed work and its 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 AIs (ChatGPT) will automatically lead to a mark of 0 in the corresponding assignment. The presence of serious grammatical and spelling mistakes and/or incorrect expression in an academic context will lead to failure.

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

LStudents who have not passed the continuous assessment part in the first sitting or who have not taken it, must submit an individual written paper in the extraordinary sitting, in addition to the written exam.



1. Exam: Specific questions, development of themes and interpretation of literary texts in the form of commentary.

Skills: M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03. Assessment criteria:

- Satisfactory degree of assimilation of knowledge.

- Good articulation of knowledge

- Ability to relate concepts to each other

- Ability to identify the fundamental features of a literary text.

- Ability to situate a text in a particular literary genre

- Ability to situate a literary text in a particular period and current

- Ability to relate the text 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.



2. Individual written research work on a literary work:

Skills: M03CM01, M03CM02, M03CM03, G003. Assessment 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

- Analytical and critical skills

- Knowledge and application of relevant theoretical perspectives and metaliterary discourse.

- Establishment of relationships between the analysed work and its 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 or the use of AIs (ChatGPT) in the submitted assignments will automatically lead to a mark of 0 in the corresponding assignment, and the presence of serious grammatical and spelling errors and/or incorrect expression in an academic context will lead to failure.



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

Selection of texts and text extracts available on E-Gela.

Schnitzler, Arthur (2007): Fräulein Else und andere Erzählungen. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer.
MANN, THOMAS (1912): Tod in Venedig. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Verlag, 1992.
BRECHT, BERTOLT: Die Dreigroschenoper - Der Erstdruck 1928. Berlin: Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek 48, 2005.

Basic bibliography

Fähnders, Walter (1998): Avantagarde und Moderne. 1890-1933. Stuttgart/Weimar: Metzler

Streim, Gregor (1998): Deutschsprachige Literatur 1933-1945: Eine Einführung. (Grundlagen der Germanistik (GrG), Band 60). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2015.

In-depth bibliography

Bahr, Ehrhard. (Hrg.) (1998): Geschichte der deutschen Literatur: Vom Realismus bis zur Gegenwartsliteratur. Band 3. Tübingen und Basel:Francke.
Balzer, Bernd y Volker Mertens (1990): Deutsche Literatur in Schlaglichtern. Mannheim, Wien, Zurich: Meyers Lexikonverlag.
Baumann, Barbara & Birgitte Oberle (1985): Deutsche Literatur in Epochen. München: Max Hueber Verlag.
Brauneck, M. y C. Müller (eds.) (1986): Naturalismus. Manifeste und Dokumente zur deutschen Literatur 1880-1900. Stuttgart: Metzler.
Frenzel, Herbert A. & Elizabeth Frenzel (1975): Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. München: dtv.
Glaser, Horst Albert (Hrsg.) (1987): Deutsche Literatur: Eine Sozialgeschichte. Jahrhundertwende. Vom Naturalismus zum Expressionismus. Band 8-9. Reinbek: Rowohlt.
Leppmann, Wolfgang (1995): Gerhart Hauptmann: Die Biographie. Berlin: Propyläen.
Lindenhahn, Reinhard (ed.) (2000): Literatur um 1900: Arbeitsbuch zur Literaturgeschichte, Texte-Übungen. Berlin: Cornelsen.
Mix, York-Gothart (ed.) (2000): Naturalismus, Fin de siècle, Expresionismus 1890-1918.. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch.
Pérez, Ana (ed.) (2008): El exilio alemán (1933-1945): textos literarios y políticos. Madrid: Marcial Pons.
Petersen, Jürgen H.(1991): Der deutsche Roman der Moderne: Grundlegung-Typologie-Entwicklung. Stuttgart: Metzler.
Roetzer, Hans Gerd. (1990): Historia de la literatura alemana. Vol.2. Barcelona: Arial.

Journals

Akzente : Zeitschrift für Literatur. - München : Carl Hanser Verlag
Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik. Amsterdam: Rodopi, http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?SerieId=ABNG
Brecht-Jahrbuch. (Frankfurt a.M.: Athenäum) Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1971ss.
Die Horen : Zeitschrift für Literatur, Kunst und Kritik. Bremerhaven: Wirtschaftsverlag. Versión online: http://www.NW-Verlag.de/zeit_index.html (1-4-2004)
Exil-Forschung. München: Text+Kritik, 1983ss.
Filología Moderna. Madrid: Sección de Filología Moderna/Universidad Complutense, 1960ss.
Gegenwartsliteratur. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2002ss
German Life and Letters. A quarterly review. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1963ss
The German Quarterly. Appleton (Wisconsin): American Association of Teachers of German, 1928ss.
-Monatshefte für deutschen Unterricht, deutsche Sprache und Literatur. Madison (Wisconsin): University of Wisconsin Press, 1961ss.
Neue deutsche Literatur. Monatsschrift für deutschsprachige Literatur und Kritik. Berlin/Weimar: Aufbau, 1952ss.
Poetica. Zeitschrift für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft. München:Fink, 1969ss.
Revista de Filología Alemana. Madrid: Departamento de Filología Alemana, UCM, 1992ss.
Text+Kritik. Zeitschrift für Literatur. München: Text+Kritik, 1964ss.
Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1999ss
Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie. (Halle, Stuttgart) Berlin etc.: Erich Schmidt, 1868ss.

Web addresses

- cgi-host.uni-marburg.de/~omanz/portal.php
- www.germanistik.net
- www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p2gerlw/ressourc/epoche.html
-Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft. http://www.bdsl-online.de/bdsldb/templates/template.xml?vid={D3FE5E44-006A-4C6E-9442-115F41A6A157}&contenttype=text/html&Skript=home
-Bibliotheca Augustana. http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/augustana.html#ge
-Erlanger Liste. http://www.erlangerliste.de/ressourc/liste.html
-http://projekt.gutenberg.de/
-http://www.germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/about.cfm
-http://www2.hu-berlin.de/fachdidaktik/fachdidaktikdeutsch.html.
-www.uni-essen.de/literaturwissenschaft-aktiv/einladung.htm
-www.xlibris.de/Autoren/Klassiker/Literaturepochen.htm