Summary
German Language and Literature (Year 2, Three-year Course Students)
Professor Elena Raponi
German Language Practical Classes (Year 2, Three-year Course Students)
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Dr. Karin Harrich; Dr. Beate Lindemann; Dr. Maria Paola Rubini; Dr. Maria Chiara Spri;
Dr. Bernadette Staindl
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German Language Practical Classes (Year 2, Two-year Course Students)
Dr. Karin Harrich
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German Language and Literature (Year 2, Three-year Course Students)
PROFESSOR ELENA RAPONI
COURSE AIMS
The course sets out to acquaint students with movements in the history of German
literature and culture, from Romanticism to Fin de siècle, through the critical
reading of relevant works.
COURSE CONTENT
1ST SEMESTER
– Romanticism
– Biedermeier
– Vormärz
2ND SEMESTER
– Realism
– Naturalism
– Fin de siècle
READING LIST
For the anthology
E. RAPONI (ed.), Romanticismo, Biedermeier–Vormärz, Realismo, Naturalismo, Fin de siècle,
EDUCatt, Milan, 2014.
For the history of German literature, one of the following:
M. DALLAPIAZZA-U. KINDL (ed.), Storia della letteratura tedesca. Vol. 2. Dal Settecento alla prima
guerra mondiale, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2001 (pp. 144-386).
M. FRESCHI, La letteratura tedesca, il Mulino, Bologna, 2008 (pp. 86-126 e pp. 165-181).
Additional information on the reading list will be provided during the course. Students
should visit the lecturer’s webpage to get the definitive syllabus and reading list.
TEACHING METHOD
Classroom lectures.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Oral exam.
NOTES
This Special Subject course will be accompanied by 20 hours of practical classes held
by Dr. Gloria Colombo on the translation of the poetic works studied in the course; the first
10 hours of the practical classes are scheduled for Semester 1 and the final 15 hours for
Semester 2.
Students should check the lecturer's webpage regularly for course updates and
information (go to the docenti link on the university website's homepage and key in the
name of the lecturer).
The following students must attend both semesters: First-level degree course students in
Language Sciences specializing in Languages, Literature and Communication and in
Foreign Languages and Literature; and Second-level degree course students of the Faculty
of Language Sciences taking their second year of the First-level degree course in Media
Language, specializing in Theatre, Cinema, Video and Ritual.
The following students should choose and attend just one semester: First-level degree
course students of Language Sciences specializing in Applied Foreign Languages; Language
Expert for Management and Tourism; Languages, Literature and Communication;
Languages, Communication and Media.
Arts degree students who wish to attend German Language and Literature lectures
should contact the lecturer directly.
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG or on the Faculty notice
board.
German Language Practical Classes (Year 2, Three-year Course Students)
DR. KARIN HARRICH; DR. BEATE LINDEMANN; DR. MARIA PAOLA RUBINI; DR. MARIA
CHIARA SPRI; DR. BERNADETTE STAINDL
COURSE AIMS
The course sets out to take students to level B2 in language comprehension and
production, as defined in the Common European Framework. The practical
activities are designed to enable students to consolidate their active and passive
knowledge of morphosyntactic and lexical structures in spoken and written
communication in standard varieties of German.
The teaching programme comprises:
– practice and testing of phonetic skills, with special focus on prosodic features;
– continuation and completion of the study of morphosyntactic structures;
– exercises in the comprehension and production of various types of oral and
written documents (dialogue, descriptive, narrative, argument-based texts);
– translation practice;
– dictation.
READING LIST
Em neu 2008 Hauptkurs, Hueber, Ismaning/München (ISBN 978-3-19-501695-7).
Em neu 2008 Hauptkurs Arbeitsbuch + CD, Hueber, Ismaning/München (ISBN 978-3-19511695-4).
HERING-MATUSSEK, Em Übungsgrammatik: Deutsch als Fremdsprache für die Mittelstufe, Hueber,
München.
TSCHIRNER, Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Deutsch als Fremdsprache nach Themen, Cornelsen
Verlag, Berlin 2008 (ISBN 978-3-589-01559-7).
Each student must bring the following:
a. reference grammar manual:
DREYER-SCHMITT, Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik aktuell, Hueber, München,
(with the text of the Lösungsschlüssel).
Em neu 2008 Hauptkurs, Audio-CD, Hueber, Ismaning/München.
b. a bilingual dictionary, a monolingual dictionary with synonyms and antonyms and a
stylistic dictionary (for use throughout the course):
L. GIACOMA-S. KOLB (EDS.), Il dizionario di Tedesco, Zanichelli/Klett, Bologna.
Dit, Dizionario Tedesco-Italiano/Italiano-Tedesco, Paravia, Turin.
Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch A-Z, 6. Auflage, Dudenverlag, Mannheim.
Wahrig, Deutsches Wörterbuch, 8. neu bearbeitete Auflage, Bertelsmann, Gütersloh.
Duden, Das Stilwörterbuch (Der Duden in zwölf Bänden), Bd. 2. Dudenverlag, Mannheim.
Duden, Sinn- und sachverwandte Wörter/ Synonymwörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (Der Duden
in zwölf Bänden), Bd. 8. Dudenverlag, Mannheim.
c. Go to “Centro per l’Autoapprendimento” (or “CAP”, the self-learning centre on the 3rd
floor of Via Morozzo della Rocca) to find further reading for personal study; the student
should consult with the CAP advisor to agree the best study plan for their language level
(www.unicatt.it/selda-cap).
ASSESSMENT METHOD
The written exam consists of a test including the following parts: a dictation, a
morphosyntax and vocabulary test, an oral comprehension test, a written test and a
translation (for the latter, students are permitted to use a monolingual German dictionary).
The oral exam consists of a conversation regarding a selection of readings and audio
texts taken from Em neu 2008 Hauptkurs: five newspaper and magazine articles concerning
the topics dealing with Em neu; three articles on a subject relative to the student’s field of
study.
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Students should ensure they read all the titles and materials indicated on the reading list.
The lecturer will provide further information on the syllabus and on the written and oral
exams during the course.
Further information can be found on the lecturers' webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG or on the Faculty notice
board.
German Language Practical Classes (Year 2, Two-year Course Students
DR. KARIN HARRICH
COURSE AIMS
The course will analyse original German-language texts to enable the student to
consolidate the knowledge gained in Year 1 of the Two-year Course to strengthen
their written and spoken comprehension and production abilities.
COURSE CONTENT
Reading/listening and analysis of various types of original-language texts chosen to
match the attending students’ language level and specific field of study. The text
analysis part is intended to strengthen the knowledge of the main morphosyntactic
structures and comprehension strategies acquired by the student in the preceding
course.
READING LIST
Aspekte. Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch 1 Teil 1. Sprachniveau B1+ (single volume edition with 1 audio
CD), Langenscheidt bei Klett, Berlin, 2010 (ISBN: 978-3-12-606007-3).
Em Übungsgrammatik. Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Max Hueber Verlag, Ismaning, 2002.
H. DREYER-R. SCHMITT, Grammatica tedesca con esercizi, Verlag für Deutsch, Ismaning, München.
The following instructions apply to all students:
a. Bring the following language and monolingual dictionaries to classes:
L. GIACOMA-S. KOLB (eds.), Il dizionario di Tedesco, Zanichelli/Klett, Bologna.
Dit, Dizionario Tedesco-Italiano/Italiano-Tedesco, Paravia, Turin.
Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch A-Z, Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 6. Auflage.
Wahrig, Deutsches Wörterbuch, Bertelsmann, Gütersloh, 8. neu bearbeitete Auflage.
b. Go to “Centro per l’Autoapprendimento” (or “CAP”, the self-learning centre on the 3rd
floor of Via Morozzo della Rocca) to find further reading for personal study; the student
should consult with the CAP tutor to agree the best study plan for their language level
(www.unicatt.it/selda-cap).
ASSESSMENT METHOD
The exam is split into a written and an oral part and is to be taken in German as a
preliminary requirement for the Literature or the Linguistics exam held by the corresponding
lecturer.
The written part will test the student’s ability to comprehend and/or produce a German
text (based on newspaper/magazine or literary texts in line with the student’s curriculum).
The student must first pass the written exam to qualify for the oral exam.
The oral exam will test the student’s ability to communicate in a simple but correct way
on everyday topics and to present in a personal way the contents of a variety of text types.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.