Università Roma Tre

German Literature III (12 CFU)

AIMS
• provide students with a comprehensive understanding of German literature from the second half of the nineteenth century through the first decades of the twentieth century with a specific focus on intercultural and transcultural dynamics and special attention to the theoretical and methodological debates;
• develop students’ close reading skills (advanced level) applied to German literary texts (in the original language) through the use of tools and methodologies of literary, cultural, and historical analysis to further advance their critical independence on matters of textual interpretation;
• stimulate students to apply the acquired skills to translation, rewriting, and adaptation into Italian also in a transmedial context (advanced level);
• develop advanced communication skills for the processing and transmission of topics related to the field of study in different intercultural contexts, both academic and non-academic.

Pre-requisite: German Literature II; German Language and Translation II