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Teacher
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WEIDENHILLER UTE CHRISTIANE
(syllabus)
"Destruction of Nature - Destruction by Nature: Man and the Environment in German Literature"
The seminar is dedicated to literary representations of nature and its destruction - whether through human action or the forces of nature. The focus is on texts from different epochs that show nature as a threatened habitat, as a projection surface, but also as an uncontrollable destructive force. The texts analysed include nature idylls, crisis images, modern catastrophe narratives and contemporary literary reactions to environmental crises and climate change. The aim is to critically reflect on the relationship between humans and the environment in literary discourse and to analyse the aesthetic means with which literature reacts to ecological and existential threats.
(reference books)
Heinrich von Kleist, Das Erdbeben in Chili (1807) Adalbert Stifter, Bunte Steine (1853) (ausgewählte Erzählungen) Christa Wolf, Störfall. Nachrichten eines Tages (1987) Brigitte Kronauer, "Landschaft ist nicht Natur", "Vom Umgang mit der Natur und wie sie mit uns umspringt", in: Kronauer, Natur und Poesie (2015) Marion Poschmann, Geliehene Landschaften (2015) (ausgewählte Gedichte) Judith Schalansky, Verzeichnis einiger Verluste (2018) (ausgewählte Texte)
Critical texts will be indicated during the course.
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