Introduction to German Literature II

Paper Code: 
25DGER601A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

1. Get acquainted with various literary forms/ literary ages / periods.

2. Analyze their salient features and trends.

3. Get acquainted with individual traits of the representative writers and also create their own Viewpoints about them.

 

Course Outcomes: 

CO 63 - Discuss the literary      genre of “Gedicht” through the study of representative works by prominent German Writers and get an insight into some important literary periods in German.

CO 64 - Discuss the literary genre of ‘ Kurzgeschichte’ and study the representative works by Heinrich Böll, Peter Bichsel & Henning Vennske.

CO 65 - Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I: Gedicht

·         Burkhard Garbe: Für Sorge

·         Rudolf Otto Wiemer: Empfindungswörter

·         Rudolf Otto Wiemer: Unbestimmte zahlwörter

·         Heinrich Heine: Das Fräulein stand am Meere

·         Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Wanderers Nachtlied

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit II: Gedicht

·         Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Heidenröslein

·         Heinrich Heine: Die Loreley

·         Bertolt Brecht: Fragen eines lesenden Arbeiters

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III: Gedicht

·         Friedrich Schiller: Der Handschuh

·         Hermann Hesse: Bhagavadgita

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV: Kurzgeschichte
  • KURZGESCHICHTE
  • Heinrich Böll: Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit V: Kurzgeschichte

·         KURZGESCHICHTE

·         Peter Bichsel: die Tochter

·         Henning Vennske : Eine schöne Beziehung

Essential Readings: 

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

  • *Teacher will give the relevant texts to the students as handouts!

 

References: 

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Academic Year: 
2025-26
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