Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Lecture	7 x 1-hour lectures
Seminars / Tutorials	13 x 1-hour seminars
Workload Breakdown	Lecture and seminar attendance - 20 hours; lecture, seminar and group presentation preparation (research and reading - 100 hours; exam preparation - 80 hours.

Delivery Type

Delivery length / details

Lecture

7 x 1-hour lectures

Seminars / Tutorials

13 x 1-hour seminars

Workload Breakdown

Lecture and seminar attendance - 20 hours; lecture, seminar and group presentation preparation (research and reading - 100 hours; exam preparation - 80 hours.

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Continuous assessment One group presentation (30 mins.) in seminar	40%
Semester Exam	2 Hours Written exam (2 essay questions, equally weighted)	60%
Supplementary Exam	1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted (2 essay questions, equally weighted). 1 x 3 hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted (3 essay questions, equally weighted).	100%

Assessment Type

Assessment length / details

Proportion

Semester Assessment

Continuous assessment One group presentation (30 mins.) in seminar

40%

Semester Exam

2 Hours Written exam (2 essay questions, equally weighted)

60%

Supplementary Exam

1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted (2 essay questions, equally weighted). 1 x 3 hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted (3 essay questions, equally weighted).

100%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of literary and cinematic texts from the late 18th century to the present;
2. Demonstrate awareness of political and social developments in 20th and 21st century Germany;
3. Demonstrate appropriate and effective use of key techniques of analysis of literature and film.
Students will:
4. Develop a more sophisticated understanding of written and spoken German;
5. Develop and demonstrate skills in oral presentation.

Aims

This module seeks to expand students' knowledge of literary narration (gained at levels 1 and 2), to introduce techniques of filmic narration and to encourage intertextual readings. In so doing this module also explores the history and society of 20th and 21st century Germany; more specifically its area of investigation focuses on the time from the Weimar Republic to the Present.

Brief description

In lectures students are introduced to the broad topics of this module and to analytical methodology. In small groups, they are required to study in depth one of the prescribed literary texts along with its cinematic transformation. They will then present the results of their analysis to the class during seminars, introducing the text and the film to all students.
The introduction of the text should include a brief summary of the story, an overview of the text's most important stylistic features, the circumstances of its origin and its relevance in its period. The small groups will also choose excerpts of the texts (e.g. of the length of one chapter, or a collection of particularly important paragraphs) for all students to read in preparation for the seminar. The analysis of the cinematic transformation should include a comparison of the contents/stories, along with an analysis of cinematic style and other important changes, e.g. alterations or modernization of themes and motifs.
All students are required to watch all prescribed films and to familiarise themselves with chosen excerpts of the literary texts.

Content

Week 1: Introductory Lecture: The filming of literature
Seminar: How to read a film?
Week 2: Lecture: The Weimar period
Seminar: 'Professor Unrat' / 'Der blaue Engel' (H. Mann, 1905 / J. von Sternberg, 1930)
Week 3: Seminar: 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' (A. Doeblin, 1929 / P. Jutzi, 1931)
Lecture: National Socialism
Week 4: Seminar: 'Jud Suess' (W. Hauff, 1827 / V. Harlan, 1940)
Seminar: 'Die Feuerzangenbowle' (H. Spoerl and H. Reimann, 1933 / H. Weiss, 1944)
Week 5: Lecture: Antifacism
Seminar: 'Mephisto' (K. Mann, 1936 / I. Szabo, 1981)
Week 6: Lecture: Cultural Heritage in the GDR
Seminar : 'Der Untertan' (H. Mann, 1905 / W. Staudte, 1951)
Week 7: Seminar: 'Lotte in Weimar' (Th. Mann, 1939 / E. Guenther, 1975)
Lecture: `Literaturverfilmungswelle' in the FRG
Week 8: Seminar: 'Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre' / 'Falsche Bewegung' (J. W. v. Goethe 1795-96 / W. Wenders, 1975);
Seminar: 'Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum' (H. Boell, 1974 / V. Schloendorf and M. v. Trotta, 1975)
Week 9: Lecture: Post-Unification Germany
Seminar: 'Sonnenalle' (Th. Brussig, 1999 / L. Haussmann, 1999)
Week 10:Seminar: Concluding discussion
Seminar: Revision class

Skills Type	Skills details
Application of Number	Possibly, evaluation of statistical data in the secondary reading.
Communication	Oral communication developed in seminars; written communication developed in assessments and exam.
Improving own Learning and Performance	Students will be able to assess their own progress week by week through their increased understanding of the issues raised and the skills developed.
Information Technology	Use of on-line journals and source collections; delivery of course materials and information via email and e-learning system.
Personal Development and Career planning	Acquisition of transferable skills; in-depth acquaintance with literary/cultural studies as an academic subject.
Problem solving	Selection of appropriate reading material; development of evaluative analysis and critical skills and formulation of detailed arguments; answering questions posed by written assessment; seminar work.
Research skills	Preparation of written assessment; preparation for seminars; detailed analysis of literary texts and contexts.
Subject Specific Skills	Acquisition of German linguistic skills and detailed analysis of literary texts and wider cultural contexts.
Team work	Debates and group presentations in seminars. (indirectly assessed)

Skills Type

Skills details

Application of Number

Possibly, evaluation of statistical data in the secondary reading.

Communication

Oral communication developed in seminars; written communication developed in assessments and exam.

Improving own Learning and Performance

Students will be able to assess their own progress week by week through their increased understanding of the issues raised and the skills developed.

Information Technology

Use of on-line journals and source collections; delivery of course materials and information via email and e-learning system.

Personal Development and Career planning

Acquisition of transferable skills; in-depth acquaintance with literary/cultural studies as an academic subject.

Problem solving

Selection of appropriate reading material; development of evaluative analysis and critical skills and formulation of detailed arguments; answering questions posed by written assessment; seminar work.

Research skills

Preparation of written assessment; preparation for seminars; detailed analysis of literary texts and contexts.

Subject Specific Skills

Acquisition of German linguistic skills and detailed analysis of literary texts and wider cultural contexts.

Team work

Debates and group presentations in seminars. (indirectly assessed)

Course Delivery

Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Aims

Brief description

Content

Module Skills

Reading List

Notes