Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Writing Identities in the German-Speaking World B
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Modern Languages
Module Code	09 35115
Module Lead	Nigel Harris
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites	LC Writing Identities in the German-Speaking World A - (09 35114)
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Seminar-15 hours Guided independent study-85 hours Total: 100 hours
Exclusions
Description	The principal subject matter will be a range of relatively brief texts from between the 1830s and the 1920s, primarily plays. These will be examined as works of literature, but also as texts documenting a range of socio-political processes which preoccupied the German-speaking lands during that period (including the early years of the German Empire, the First World War, and the Weimar Republic). As such, the course’s themes and concerns will in some ways reflect and reinforce those of German Core II. Close textual analysis, conducted both inside and outside class, will have the explicit purpose and function of developing students’ vocabulary and reading skills: the amount of weekly reading required in preparation, initially very small, will gradually increase as students’ competence and confidence in this respect increases. Approachability and coherence will be further enhanced by the fact that the texts will usually be studied in reverse chronological order. Rather than seeking to cover all historical and literary-historical trends after the manner of a traditional ‘survey’ course, the syllabus will focus on a number of key nodal points. This will enable informed and concerted discussion of certain specifically German, Austrian and Swiss contributions to pan-European debates such as the meaning of and interplay between individual, social and national identity, and the role(s) of the critical artist in society. Such an approach should enable students to make and articulate connections extending across time periods and national and cultural borders. It will also involve them in making critical assessments of the labels habitually used to differentiate genres, periods, religious affiliations, nationalities and regions.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Show understanding of ,and interpret, literary texts in the context of their socio-political environment; make critical assessments of the labels habitually used to differentiate genres, periods, religious affiliations, nationalities and regions; Identify, understand and discuss characteristic features of theatrical writing and production.
Assessment	35115-01 : 2,000 word essay in English : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: One essay of 2,000 words (in English, 100%). Reassessment: Resubmission of failed element(s) in the Supplementary session
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