UzNJII_612 The Bohemian Courtly Poetry And The German Minnesang

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:20–9:55 B31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of this seminar are: understanding the principles of the courtly culture and the way of communication on the climax of the Middle-Ages as a new joint communication code. Understanding the poetics of "minnesang" that is binding for the Czech courtly poetry as well. Familiarize with the phases of German minnesang. Explanation of the following points: "Das Hohe Minnelied", composition. Secondary types of songs: "Kreuzzugslied, Tagelied." The influence of Czech courtly poetry by the "minnesang" of the German speaking countries.
The students should be able to make comments in written form to the above mentioned topics and points.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus: 1. Courtly culture and communication as a literary phenomenon.
  • 2. German "minnesang" and its phases.
  • 3. "Minnesang" of the German speaking countries – basics of the poetics of the "minnesang".
  • 4. Selected authors and their characteristic songs. Analyses based on the poetics and motivation of the "minnesang".
  • 5. Old Bohemian love poetry – main types of songs, specific features and tendencies of the poetics and motives in comparison with the classical "minnesang".
  • 6. Analyses of selected Old Bohemian courtly songs.
  • 7. Evaluation of results.
Literature
  • STANOVSKÁ, Sylvie. Zur alttschechischen Liebeslyrik des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts im Verhältnis zum deutschen Minnesang und zur späteren deutschen Liebeslieddichtung. (Old Czech Love Songs in the 14th and 15th Centuries in Relation to German Minnesang and to Late German Love Poetry.). In Das mittelalterliche Regensburg im Zentrum Europas (Forum Mittelalter Studien, Band 1). 1st ed. Regensburg: Schnell und Steiner Verlag, 2006, p. 211-222. ISBN 3-7954-1803-8. info
  • STANOVSKÁ, Sylvie. Das alttschechische und das deutsche Liebeslied im 14. und 15.Jh. Von dem späten Minnesang zum neuartigen Liebeslied im böhmischen und deutschen Raum (Old Czech and German Love Songs in the 14th and 15th Centuries. From the late Minnesang to the modern love songs on the Czech and German territories.). Germanoslavica. Zeitschrift fur germano-slawische Studien. Praha, 2003, IX (XIV), No 2, p. 163-178. ISSN 1210-9029. info
  • SCHWEIKLE, Günther. Minnesang :[Realien zur Literatur]. 2., korrig. Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 1995, xvi, 243 s. ISBN 3-476-12244-1. info
Assessment methods
written essay
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009.
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