UzNJII_107 Botho Strauß

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Das Ziel des Seminars besteht darin, die Teilnehmer mit dem Werk eines der bekanntesten und zugleich umstrittensten deutschsprachigen Autoren bekannt zu machen. k
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
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Course objectives
The main objective of this course is that the students familiarize with the work of the important and rather contradictive German author B. Strauss. The seminar focuses on the work with the representative and the most discussed texts of this author. Prose, drama and essays will be dealt with. The students should be acquainted with the author at the end of the term as well as to interpret his key texts and class them in the context of literary history as well as in the philosophical context of German post-war life and thinking. Main objectives can be summerized as follows: to understand the basic teaching of Botho Strauss, one of the best known german writers. Centre of grafity makes the best known texts of this writer, his Drams, Novels and Essays.
Syllabus
  • Programm: 1. Organisation. 2. Prosa B. Strauß, Marlenes Schwester (K), I. Aichinger: Die Spiegelgschichte (K), 3. Theorie der Drohung (K); R. Barthes: Der Tod des Autors (K), M. Frisch: Bin(K) 4. Die Widmung; P. Handke: Wunschloses Unglück (S), M. Frisch: Biografie (K) 5. Rumor (K); F.K. Stanzel: der periphere Ich-Erzähler, in: Theorie des Erzählens (K), T. Mann: Doktor Faustus 6. Drama: Versuch ästhetische und politische Eriegnisse zusammenzudenken (K); M. Walser: Ein weiterer Tagtraum vom Theater (K), evtl. P. Handke: Kaspar oder Ö.v. Horváth 7. Trilogie des Wiedersehens, Gross und klein (GA); G. Kaiser: Von morgens bis mitternachts (K), M. Frisch: Graf Öderland (K) 8. Der Park (GA), W. Shakespeare: Der Sommernachtstraum; H. Miller: Die Hamletmaschine (K) 9. Schlusschor (GA), Das Gleichgewicht (GA); Heiner Müller: Germania Tod in Berlin (K) 10. Ithaka (GA), III. Essays: 11.)Paare Passanten, Niemand anderes, Fragmente der Undeutlichkeit. 12.) Borchardt und Konservatismus; Mohler: Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Marquard 13.) Bocksgesang, Walser, Enzensberger
Literature
  • Texte zur modernen Mythentheorie. Edited by Wilfried Barner - Anke Detken - Jörg Wesche. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2007, 315 s. ISBN 9783150176429. info
  • URVÁLKOVÁ, Zuzana and Aleš URVÁLEK. Botho Strauß: Z dálky se blíží kozlí zpěv. Aluze : časopis pro literaturu, filosofii a jiné. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2003, VII, No 1, p. 96-108, 12 pp. ISSN 1212-5547. info
  • URVÁLEK, Aleš. Dějinné mezníky ve světle německých výkladů. Úvodní studie k eseji Botho Strausse (Historical turning points and the German Conservatism). Aluze.Časopis pro literaturu, filosofii a jiné. Olomouc: Palackého univerzita Olomouc, 2003, VII, 1/2003, p. 86-96, 10 pp. ISSN 1212-5547. info
  • URVÁLEK, Aleš. Zur Revision eines Bildes. Botho Strauß als Theaterkritiker (Botho Strauß and his Theatercritics). Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik - Sborník prací filosofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, XIV, No 1, p. 139-170, 31 pp. ISSN 1211-4979. info
  • URVÁLEK, Aleš. "Zwischenräume" Essays und Prosa von Botho Strauß im Lichte der Konservatismus-Debatte. 2002, 243 s. URL info
  • Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart. Edited by Wilfried Barner. München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 1994, xxiv, 1116. ISBN 3406386601. info
Assessment methods
Because of the high demands of the course, the student will get the credit for active participation in the lessons and for one oral presentation.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
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