Lyric after 1945

Academic year: 2008-2009 Course code module FLWTLD0530 Semester: 2nd semester Credits: 4 Study load (hours) 112 Theory (hours): 30,00 Practice/Exercises(hours): Other (hours): Part-time program: Instructor(s) Vivian Liska Language of instruction: German Semester exam information: exam in the 2nd semester Contract restriction information: 1. Prerequisites *Algemene competenties Good knowledge of German *Sequentiality 2. Objectives (expected learning outcomes) Basic knowledge of the historical, cultural and literary context of postwar Europe. Knowledge of the poems discussed during the course. In-depth understanding of the aesthetic problem of art 'after Auschwitz'. 3. Course content This course begins with an overview of the situation of poetry in Germany after 1945 and of the issues involved in the debate about lyrical poetry after Auschwitz. This contextualization constitutes the background for an introduction to some of the major theoretical statements about this topic (Adorno: Erziehung nach Auschwitz, George Steiner: Language and Silence et al.). the main part of the course is devoted to an analysis of individual poems by Paul Celan as well as Nelly Sachs, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Robert Schindel and others. 4. Teaching method Direct contact: Lectures Seminars (possible question and answer sessions) Personal work: Assignments - individual Assignments - in group Paper - individual Paper - in group 5. Assessment method Continuous assessment: (Interim) tests Participation in classroom activities Presentation 6. Compulsory reading – study material A reader will be made available to the students at the beginning of the course. 7. Recommended reading - study material Adorno, Theodor W.. Ob nach Auschwitz noch sich leben lasse. Ein philosophisches Lesebuch. Herausgegeben von Rolf Tiedemann. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1997. Meinecke, Dietlind. Über Paul Celan. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1978. Peter Horst Neumann: Zur Lyrik Paul Celans. Eine Einführung. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1968; 2. Auflage 1990, ISBN 3-525-33567-9 Peter Szondi: Celan-Studien. Hg. von Jean Bollack mit Henriette Beese, Wolfgang Fietkau, Hans-Hagen Hildebrandt, Gert Mattenklott, Senta Metz, Helen Stierlin. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1972 Dietlind Meinecke (Hrsg.): Über Paul Celan. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1973 Marlies Janz: Vom Engagement absoluter Poesie. Zur Lyrik und Ästhetik Paul Celans. Athenäum, Königstein 1976 Paul Celan Text und Kritik , Heft 53/54, München 1977 Israel Chalfen: Paul Celan. Eine Biographie seiner Jugend, Insel, Frankfurt 1979 Winfried Menninghaus: Paul Celan. Magie der Form. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1980 Karsten Hvidfelt Nielsen, Harald Pors: Index zur Lyrik Paul Celans. W. Fink, München 1981 Gerhart Baumann: Erinnerungen an Paul Celan. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1986 Hans-Georg Gadamer: Wer bin Ich und wer bist Du? – Ein Kommentar zu Paul Celans Gedichtfolge 'Atemkristall', Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1986 Otto Pöggeler: Spur des Worts. Zur Lyrik Paul Celans. Alber, Freiburg / München 1986, ISBN 3-495-47607-5 Werner Hamacher, Winfried Menninghaus (Hrsg.): Paul Celan. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1988 (Reihe: Materialien) John Felstiner: Paul Celan. Eine Biographie Beck, München 1997, ISBN 3-406-42285-3 Wolfgang Emmerich: Paul Celan Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3-499-50397-2 Jean Bollack: Paul Celan. Poetik der Fremdheit. Aus dem Franz. von Werner Wögerbauer. Zsolnay, Wien 2000, ISBN 3-552-04976-2 8. Tutoring Appointments can be made via e-mail: vivian.liska@ua.ac.be laatste aanpassing: last update: 30/04/2009 18:49 vivian.liska