Laß die Sprache dir seyn, was der Körper den Liebenden. Er nur Ist’s, der die Wesen trennt, und der die Wesen vereint. Friedrich Schiller: „An den Dichter,“ 1797. die rache der sprache ist das gedicht Ernst Jandl, 1996 Deutsche Lyrik German 450 . Fall 2013 . TR 9:30-10:45 . Capers 213 Instructor: Dr. Emm Office: Capers 223B Office Hours: MWF 11-12:00 am, TR 8:30-9:20 am, and by appointment. Contact: 953-6806;
[email protected] Required Texts: Conrady. Das Buch der Gedichte: Deutsche Lyrik von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Ed. Hermann Korte. Cornelson, 2006. Additional readings (copies to be distributed) Recommended: A Glossary of German Literary Terms. Second revised and enlarged edition. Ed. E.W. Herd and August Obermayer. University of Otago, 1992. (Used copies available on Amazon.) Course Description: Learning to read poetry in a foreign language opens up manifold intensive engagements with language and provides the foundations for approaching literature of any genre. This course will introduce students to poetry in German from the middle ages to the present day. Together with an exploration of universal poetic forms, genres and themes, the course will highlight distinctly German developments, movements and cultural perspectives, such as Knittelvers, the Lied, and Dada. The full experience of poetry requires not only reading but also vocal, aural, imaginative and analytical engagement and thus offers foreign language learners a double pay-off: students will have opportunities to enhance their communicative competence in German as well as to engage their critical faculties. Coursework will involve reading aloud, memorizing and reciting works, as well as analyzing works in class discussion and written assignments.