2013/2014

2014/2015

DM270

L-LIN/13 (GERMAN LITERATURE)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

LINGUE PER L'IMPRESA

2°

2nd semester (23/02/2015 - 30/05/2015)

6

36 lesson hours

German

ORAL TEST

SPEDICATO EUGENIO (titolare) - 12 ECTS

Intermediate German.

Providing students with a wide knowledge about contemporary Germany from differents point of views.

The course pursues two main interwoven goals. First it will provide students with a wide knowledge concerning history, geography, politics and culture. In particular will be considered the Bundesländer, Berlin, the Rhine, historical issues such as the Wirtschaftswunder or socioeconomic problems like immigration in Germany or the relationship between industry and human rights. Finally the course will also focus on giving a basic understanding of the Federal system with its state institutions. Then it will give an outlook of contemporary literature from 1945 until the present day.

Lectures based on powerpoint slides, written texts and films.

First modul:
1) Pdf-Texts downloadable from the googlesite of the teacher:
Migration und Integration in Deutschland seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg;
Geschichtlicher Überblick;
Grundstruktur des Bildungswesens.
2) Other texts:
Etienne François, Hagen Schulze, Deutsche Erinnerungorte, Beck, München 2005 (only chapters on Weimar, Auschwitz and the wall).
3) Videos:
Markt oder Moral. Deutsche Unternehmen auf dem Prüfstand, downloadable from www.planet-schule.de
Unser Wirtschaftswunder - die wahre Geschichte, downloadable from www.planet-schule.de
Der Rhein, downloadable from www.planet-schule.de
Berlin - die zehn besten Sehenswürdigkeiten, downloadable from www.planet-schule.de
Moreover: short films named Staat klar focused on Bundestag, Bundesrat and legislation in Germany Wie ein Gesetz entsteht (http://www.bpb.de/mediathek/152687/wie-ein-gesetz-entsteht) downloadable from Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (see in the Mediathek).
For not-attending students:
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 text of the same type.
Stefan Marschall, Das politische System Deutschlands. 2. Auflage, UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz und München 2011.
Finally: Good bye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker)
Second modul:
Pdf anthology of literary texts "Letteratura tedesca 1" downloadable from the googlesite of the teacher.
One of the following texts:
Heinrich Böll: L'onore perduto di Katharina Blum (1974).
Christoph Hein: La fine di Horn (1985).
Uwe Tellkamp: La torre (2008).

Oral exam. Translation test German into Italian compulsory for all students.

Oral exam. Translation test German into Italian compulsory for all students.