UzNJII_131 Early Works of Thomas Mann

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Knápek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavel Knápek, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 16:40–18:15 G12
Prerequisites
Active participation and reading of the selected texts is required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/18
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Course objectives
The seminar surveys the work of Thomas Mann to about the year 1912. We shall concern ourselves with selected texts (stories, essays, excerpts from novels and a play)in connection with important literary problems and the inspirational sources of Mann's work. Problems: the problem of the artist, fictionality of the literary text and its relationship to the real world, music and R. Wagner, the influence of A. Schopenhauer's and F. Nietzsche's philosophies on Thomas Mann's work, etc.
Literature
  • Thomas Mann: Über mich selbst, Frankfurt/Main (1983)
  • Thomas Mann: Buddenbrooks, Frankfurt/Main (1981).
  • Thomas Mann: Leiden und Größe der Meister, Frankfurt/Main (1982)
  • Hermann Kurzke: Thomas Mann - Das Leben als Kunstwerk, Frankfurt/Main (2001)
  • Thomas Mann: Frühe Erzählungen, Frankfurt/Main (1981).
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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