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Competence of interpreting texts of German literature, taking into account (inter) cultural, theoretical, social and historical contexts according to scientific principles.

At the turn of the century, a large number of reform movements was to develop alternatives to the prevailing ideas of culture and humanity. The spectrum includes migratory birds, youth and vegetarians as well as Theosophists, light fighters and expressive dancers; they all left their mark in numerous literary texts, if literature was not immediately an important medium of such communities and networks.

The seminar provides a systematic access to the reform movements of the time and asks about their role in social and aesthetic modernization movements. Not only canonized names (Rilke, Kafka and Hesse), but also lesser-known authors like Hans Paasche or Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow will be in focus.

Presentation, small group work, discussion

Participation at discussions, presentation, paper

Thorsten Carstensen / Marcel Schmid (ed.): Die Literatur der Lebensreform. Kulturkritik und Aufbruchstimmung um 1900. Bielefeld 2016.

Recommended for the second Semester master's degree German, for German (teaching), 2nd Study section, and German Philology (diploma), 2nd Study section. Application requirement/s: Master's degree German: positive assessment of the compulsory modules 1 and 3. German (teaching) + German Philology (Diploma): 1st Study section. Repeat Cycle: The module is offered for the German master's program regularly only during the summer semester.