German Literature

Paper Code: 
GER502
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Get introduced with various literary forms,
  2. Be familiar with the literary genres and their salient features.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

GER 502

German Literature

CO 40 –The course enables students to understand the definition and concept of various literary genres e.g. “Märchen”, “Fabel”, “Anekdote”, “Kalendergeschichte”, “Sage” and “Schwank”  with various examples presented by some renowned authors. 

 

CO 41- The course helps students develop an insight in order to understand salient features, trends, characteristics and purposes of different genres in German with the reading of some representative works by renowned German authors and also understand their  tendencies and  individual traits.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Showing Film in German of the relevant stories picked up for the course

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Classroom presentation, Gruppenarbeit(Group work), Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
1
  • MÄRCHEN ( Definition)
  • Rotkäppchen
  • Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten                                                        

 

9.00
Unit II: 
2
  • FABEL (Definition)

  • Der Rabe und der Fuchs

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    Der Fuchs und der Storch

     

     

     

                  

 

9.00
Unit III: 
3
  • ANEKDOTE  ( Definition)
  • Albert Einstein
  • Karl Valentin
  • Ephraim Lessing
  • Bertolt Brecht
  • KALENDERGESCHICHTE ( Definition)
  • Kannitverstan
9.00
Unit IV: 
4
  • SAGE  ( Definition)
  • Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
  • Die Jungfrau von der Lorelei

 

  

9.00
Unit V: 
5
  • SCHWANK (Definition)
  • Till Eulenspiegel wird Bäckergeselle
  • Till Eulenspiegel isst im Wirtshaus umsonst
  • Till Eulenspiegel macht Wasser zu Wein
Essential Readings: 
  • *Teacher will give the relevant texts to the students as handouts!

 

 

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