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Competence of interpreting texts of Austrian literature

Austrian literature often refers to political and social topics. There are prominent examples in various genres such as Franz Grillparzer's tragedy "König Ottokars Glück und Ende". The period of the 2nd Republic is shaped by literary works that reflected the holocaust and its origins such as the novels by Hans Lebert and Gerhard Fritsch. We will also discuss examples of the so called "Anti-Heimat-Literatur" (Innerhofer, Jelinek) and the literary side of the so called Waldheim-Controverse. The Seminar, which is held parallel with a seminar of Prof. Dirk Rupnow, will examplify the close relationship between history and literature.

Presentation, small group work, discussion

Participation at discussions, presentation, paper

Hans Lebert: Die Wolfshaut (1960)

Marlen Haushofer: Die Wand (1963)

Gerhard Fritsch: Fasching (1967)

Franz Innerhofer:Schöne Tage (1974)

Elfriede Jelinek: Die Liebhaberinnen (1975)

Thomas Bernhard: Heldenplatz (1988)

Wynfried Kriegleder: Eine kurze Geschichte der Literatur in Österreich. Menschen - Bücher - Institutionen. Wien: Praesens 2011.

Klaus Zeyringer, Hermann Gollner: Eine Literaturgeschichte Österreichs seit 1650. Innsbruck, Wien, Bozen: StudienVerlag 2012.

First study section completed