6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1015304ANR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
German
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
Linguistics and Literary Studies
Educational team
Inge Arteel
Lesley Penne
Mathias Meert (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
20 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The students get an overview of the political and cultural history of the German speaking countries from the Middle Ages until the end of the twentieth century. A selection of literary texts and essays in German structure this overview. These texts are read and analyzed in close relation with their political and cultural context.

Course material
Course text (Required) : Kultur- und Literaturgeschichte des deutschen Sprachraums, Arteel, Penné, VUB, 220170008387, 2021
Handbook (Required) : Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee, Thomas Brussig, Fischer Taschenbuch Bd. 14847, 9783596148479, 2019
Digital course material (Required) : ICT in de klas en presentaties, Mathias Meert en Lesley Penné, Canvas
Handbook (Required) : Familie der geflügelten Tiger, Paula Fürstenberg, KiWI Taschenbücher, 9783462051599, 2018
Course text (Required) : Kulturgeschichte des deutschen Sprachraums, Arteel, Meert, Penné, VUB, 2220170003740, 2017
Additional info

Students can download the two digital course books Kulturgeschichte des deutschen Sprachraums and Kultur- und Literaturgeschichte des deutschen Sprachraums via Canvas or they can buy a paper version at the VUB Standaard bookshop.

The novels by Brussig and Fürstenberg are also available at the VUB bookshop.

The students get an overview of the weekly course material at the beginning of each semester and have to read and prepare the indicated texts each week in advance.

Background information is given by the lecturer during class and the students are urged to actively participate in the discussion of the texts. Therefore, regular attendance of the classes is necessary. The active participation during class is taken into account as permanent evaluation for the final grade of this course.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students can

- Identify connections and developments in the cultural and literary history.
- Express reading experiences in own words and critically reflect on the subjective impression of the texts.
- Apply the basic concepts of literary theory to the analysis of the texts.
- Express themselves orally in correct German at a basic level.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 80% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral exam with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: Partial evaluation in January.
  • Oral exam with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: Partial evaluation in June.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Permanent Evaluation with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

    Note: Active participation 1st semester (students are assessed based on the degree of active participation and commitment during the lectures and seminars (on campus or online)).
  • Permanent Evaluation with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

    Note: Active participation 2nd semester (students are assessed based on the degree of active participation and commitment during the lectures and seminars (on campus or online)).

Additional info regarding evaluation

Both oral exams can be taken in the examination period of August. Only the failed exam has to be taken anew in August. Students have to pass both oral exams in order to pass the full course unit.

Oral exam: 80% split into partial exam in January and partial exam in June

Other: 20% split into active participation 1st and 2nd semester

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: German-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: French-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-English (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Dutch-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Italian-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: German-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-German (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-French (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Italian (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and Literary Studies: English-Spanish (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Frans-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Engels-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Duits-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: Dutch-German
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: English-German
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: German-French
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: German-Italian
Bachelor of Linguistics and LiteraryStudies: German-Spanish
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies: one language - TTK (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies: one language (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies: one language - after third lng (only offered in Dutch)