Middlebury

GRMN6684A-L08

Gn Poetry 20th Cent

Poetry in the 20th Century - Lyrik des 20. Jahrhunderts

The seminar explores changing concepts and traditions of German poetry in the 20th century and focuses on exemplary analysis of poetic texts by poets including Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Benn, Brecht, Bachmann, Celan, Enzensberger and Grass as well as texts known as konkrete Poesie. The course introduces basic concepts and terminology used for literary analysis and demonstrates different methodological approaches to the interpretation of poetic text. Authors will be introduced with their literary and historical background.

Required texts: Deutsche Lyrik. Eine Anthologie. Hg. von Hanspeter Brode (Suhrkamp); Dieter Burdorf, Einführung in die Gedichtanalyse (Verlag J.B. Metzler).
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60591
Subject Code:
GRMN
Course Number:
6684
Section Identifier:
A

Course

GRMN 6684

All Sections in Summer 2008, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2008, LS 6 Week Session

GRMN6684A-L08 Lecture (Speier)