Modern and contemporary German literature - 13201

The course will be structured in two parts. The first part will consist of a systematic introduction to the history of German literature from the late Enlightenment to the first half of the 20th century. In particular, we will focus on the cultural-historical context and then delve into certain authors from each era: late Enlightenment, Weimar classicism, romanticism, 19th-century realism, naturalism, fin de siècle, expressionism. In the second part of the course, building on the knowledge gained, we will read two texts: Dantons Tod by Georg Büchner and Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen by Anna Seghers.