GERMAN CIVILIZATION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2014/2015
Academic year
2015/2016
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
L-LIN/13 (GERMAN LITERATURE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Curriculum
LINGUE PER L'IMPRESA
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 28/05/2016)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
German
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
SPEDICATO EUGENIO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Intermediate German
Learning outcomes
Providing students with a wide knowledge about contemporary Germany from differents point of views.
Course contents
The course tries to give a full framework of information concerning actual Germany with particular reference to history, geography, politics and social reality.
Teaching methods
Lectures based on powerpoint slides, written texts, videos and films. A copy of the slides will not be distributed.
Reccomended or required readings
1. Texts to download from the googlesite of the teacher
Geschichtlicher Überblick;
Migration und Integration in Deutschland seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg;
Grundstruktur des Bildungswesens.

2. Other sources
Etienne François, Hagen Schulze, Deutsche Erinnerungorte, Beck, München 2005 (only chapters on Weimar, Auschwitz and the wall).
Peter Schneider, Der Mauerspringer, included in "Letteratura tedesca 1", downloadable from the google site of the teacher.

3. Videos
Deutschland. Mein Land?, free download at www.planet-schule.de
Markt oder Moral. Deutsche Unternehmen auf dem Prüfstand, free download at www.planet-schule.de
Unser Wirtschaftswunder - die wahre Geschichte, free download at www.planet-schule.de
Berlin - die zehn besten Sehenswürdigkeiten, free download at www.planet-schule.de
Staat-Klar! Der Bundestag, free download at da www.planet-schule.de
Staat-Klar! Der Bundesrat, free download at www.planet-schule.de.

4) Films
Wolfang Becker, Good bye, Lenin!
Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck, Das Leben der Anderen.
Please notice: non-attending students should study all materials listed above. Additional literature:
Renate Luscher, Landeskunde Deutschland. Von der Wende bis heute. Aktualisierte Fassung 2011, Verlag für Deutsch, München 2005.
K.A. Thomaneck, B. Niven, La Germania dalla divisione all’unificazione, Il Mulino, Bologna 2005 or another similar work in English or German.
Stefan Marschall, Das politische System Deutschlands. 2. Auflage, UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz und München 2011, with particular reference to the five most important staate organs, to election system and parties.
Assessment methods
Oral exam. A translation test from German into Italian is required for all students.
Further information
Oral exam. A translation test from German into Italian is required for all students.
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