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An Introduction to German language and Literature up to 1740
Course code: GERM1102.
Course unit value: 0.5.
This course gives a taste of premodern literature, taking a range of works including medieval short stories, Arthurian romance, love songs and an early German novel. All of these texts were intended to both entertain and instruct their audiences and readers. Our aim is to understand how these dual functions worked and what such earlier forms of literature can tell us about the history of storytelling and poetic expression.
The course is conducted through a mixture of lecture and discussion classes. Students will have plenty of opportunity to learn to read medieval texts in the original.
Assessment: one unseen two-hour written examination (45%), one 2,500 word essay (45%) and coursework (10%)
Tutor: Dr Sebastian Coxon.
Preparatory reading and set texts:
Term I
- Der Stricker: Erzählungen, Fabeln, Reden, ed. O. Ehrismann, Stuttgart 1992 (Reclam 8797).
- Ein kurtzweilig Lesen von Dil Ulenspiegel, ed. W. Lindow, Stuttgart 1978 (Reclam 1687).
Term II
- Hartmann von Aue: Erec, ed. V. Mertens, Stuttgart 2008 (Reclam 18530)
- Frauenlieder des Mittelalters, ed. I. Kasten, Stuttgart 1990 (Reclam 8630).
