GM3095: Allusion And Fusion In German Literature A

GM3095: ALLUSION AND FUSION IN GERMAN LITERATURE A (2023-2024)

Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46

Course Overview

鈥淓veryone who lived in high-up, magical places must feel the same way. You come down into the world and you mingle, but all the while there's something calling you back.鈥� (A. Hasan) The pain of feeling different from others is one of the most enduring themes in literature. For some this is enriching, others are destroyed by it.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	3
Term	First Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Gundula Sharman

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
Either European Studies (EU) (Studied) or German (GM) (Studied)
Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

GM3595 Allusion and Fusion in German Literature C (Studied)
GM4595 Allusion and Fusion in German Literature D (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

The course will analyse the relationship between and the impact of Goethe's Werther and Buechner's Lenz on their respective contemporary societies. Both protagonists suffer from a conflict between the unfolding of the individual on the one hand, and the expectations of society on the other, and both gained iconic status in German literature. The course will then move on to examine the ways in which these texts continued to be relevant to readers in the 20th century. Both text were repeatedly reworked by modern authors particularly in East Germany, most prominently by Ulrich Plenzdorf and Volker Braun. Students will examine the reasons for the lasting appeal of the original texts and gain an understanding of the various ways the reworkings functioned in face of communist censorship.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

There are no assessments for this course.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO鈥檚 for this course are available in the course guide.

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