GERMAN CIVILIZATION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic year
2017/2018
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
L-LIN/13 (GERMAN LITERATURE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Curriculum
LINGUISTICO-FILOLOGICO-LETTERARIO
Year of study
Period
1st semester (25/09/2017 - 10/01/2018)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
German. Italian if necessary.
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
SPEDICATO EUGENIO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Intermediate German or B2. Students should be able to understand complex texts and audiovisual documents and to full illustrate their content. In addition to this, students should know the following DVD: Die DDR 1949-1990: Geschichte eines Landes - Gefühle eines Volkes.
Learning outcomes
The course will provide students with a wide knowledge about contemporary Germany from different points of view. Geography, history, political institutions and culture will be the principal fields of investigation. At course end students should be able to expound all course items in fluent German.
Course contents
The course tries to give a full framework of information concerning actual Germany with particular reference to history, geography, politics, culture (the Wall in painting and literature, the Holocaust memory, DDR-representations in contemporary cinema) and social reality (immigration).
Teaching methods
Lectures based on powerpoint slides, written texts, videos and films. Slides will not be made available. Comprehension will be individually tested.
Reccomended or required readings
A) Pdf-Texts made available by the teacher on "Kiro":
1. Geschichtlicher Überblick,
2. Auschwitz,
3. Migration und Integration in Deutschland seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg,
4. Die Berliner Mauer in der Kunst.
5. Die DDR-Geschichte im Überblick.
6. Zu Schlinks Der Vorleser.
B) Literary works:
1. Peter Schneider, Der Mauerspringer (please notice: only the pages regarding Kabe's story;
2. Bernhard Schlink: Der Vorleser.
C) DVD:
1. Reich und Republik. Deutsche Geschichte von 1871 bis zur Gegenwart (n.b. only DVD n. 3 - from 1945 to 2005),
2. Wolfang Becker, Good bye, Lenin!,
3. Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck, Das Leben der Anderen.
D) Videos:
1. Berlin - die zehn besten Sehenswürdigkeiten, to download free at www.planet-schule.de,
2. Staat-Klar! Der Bundestag, on YouTube,
3. Staat-Klar! Der Bundesrat, on YouTube.

Please notice: non-attending students should study all materials listed above. Further they must contact the teacher for integrations.
Assessment methods
Oral exam on course program and bibliography. Fluent and correct exposition will be also evaluated.
Further information
Diligent attendance will be appreciated. Please inform the teacher if there are overlappings with other courses.
Course material available on "Kiro".
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