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Ability to describe literary, historical and cultural contexts of representative authors,  works and genres of literature and their canonization; you can describe the interaction of social, literary and cultural history; interpretation of literary texts according to scientific standards.

To appoint craft, literary and cultural historical contexts the example of representative authors works and genres to describe canonization; they can describe developments the interaction of social, literary and cultural history (among other things gender-specific); they have the skill to interpret literary texts independently according to scientific standards.

Conflict situations are to be analysed by way of selected plays. The focus will be on genre-specific aspects as well as themes in a cultural and socio-historical context.

Intensive reading and formal analysis; placement in the literary-historical context and critical review of central themes.

Familiarity with texts, presentations and participation in discussions, written paper (ca. 12 p.).

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
Friedrich von Schiller, Wilhelm Tell
Heinrich von Kleist, Der zerbrochene Krug
Georg Büchner, Woyzeck
Ödön von Horváth, Die Bergbahn.