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To deal with literary texts reflecting on the methodology and to develop a well-founded understanding of literary texts using meaningful examples

The word „novella“ (lat. novus – „new“) has a long and varied history in the European context. In literary history novella means a story of medium length, marked by definitions as „occurrence“, „concentration“ and „framework“. In the course we will discuss the most important theories reflecting the genre and learn about the history of the novella. Furthermore we will analyze selected texts from Goethe’s „Novelle“ (1828) to Martin Walser’s „Ein fliehendes Pferd“ (1978). The main focus will be on novellas of the realism (Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Ferdinand von Saar).

Introductory presentation, team work

Participation in class, discussion, one presentation, a written paper

Die Primärliteratur wird in der Lehrveranstaltung bekannt gegeben.

Sekundärliteratur:

Hugo Aust: Novelle. 5. aktualisierte und erw. Aufl. Stuttgart, Weimar: Metzler 2012.

Matias Martinez, Michael Scheffel: Einführung in die Erzähltheorie. München: C.H. Beck 1999.

Prerequisites: PS "Introduction to Literary Studies" or VO 2 "Fundamentals of Literary Studies" and "Fundamentals of Philological and Cultural Studies"

Recommended for the 2nd semester Teacher Training Programme German