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| Unit name |
Aspects of Anti Heimat Literature |
| Unit code |
GERM22041 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
I/5
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Allinson |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
Department of German |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
The purpose of this unit is to examine the development of the (Anti-)Heimat genre within Austrian literature, considering its potential characteristics and its relationship to conceptions of Austrian national identity. Through the critical reading of Waggerls early 20th century rural novel, Brot, this unit will trace the Anti-Heimat genre back to its roots, examining the Heimat movement to which it opposes itself. Students will be encouraged to identify the key characteristics of the genre based on their interpretation of the primary texts and a selection of secondary sources and to track their transformation in the course of the late 20th century. Considering the genres treatment of modernisation and tourism, this unit will investigate the relationship between developing thematic concerns in Anti-Heimatliteratur and their socio-historical context. Finally, a very different concept of Heimat will be explored in Rabinovicis Suche nach M., whose relocation to the city will require students to engage critically with the very definition of (Anti-)Heimat.
Aims:
- To introduce students to a significant body of knowledge of a complexity appropriate to second year level. The content matter will normally include one or more of the following: literature; social, cultural or political history; linguistics; cultural studies; film, television or other media.
- To facilitate students engagement with a body of literature, including secondary literature, texts, including in non-print media, primary sources and ideas as a basis for their own analysis and development. Normally many or most of these sources will be in a language other than English and will enhance the development of their linguistic skills.
- To develop further skills of synthesis, analysis and independent research, building on the skills acquired in units at level C.
- Some options may prepare students for the experience of the Year Abroad.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Successful students will:
- be knowledgeable about a significant cultural, historical or linguistic subject related to the language they are studying;
- be skilled in the selection and synthesis of relevant material;
- be able to evaluate and analyse relevant material from a significant body of source materials, usually in a foreign language, at a high level;
- be able to respond to questions or problems by presenting their independent judgements in an appropriate style and at an high level of complexity;
- be able to transfer these skills to other working environments, including study at a foreign university and on work placements during the year abroad.
Teaching Information
Combination of contextualising lectures and student-led seminars based on the literary texts.
Reading and References
Set Texts: Karl Heinrich Waggerl, Brot (1930); Franz Innerhofer, Sch�ne Tage (1974); Norbert Gstrein, Einer (1988); Doron Rabinovici, Suche nach M. (1997).
Bibliography: Kunne, Andrea, Heimat im Roman: Last oder Lust? (Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi, 1991)
- Norbert Mecklenburg, Erz�hlte Provinz: Regionalismus und Moderne im Roman (K�nigstein/Taunus: Athen�um, 1982)
- Rossbacher, Karlheinz, Heimatkunstbewegung und Heimatroman. Zu einer Literatursoziologie der Jahrhundertwende (Stuttgart: Klett, 1975)
