Universität Wien

480040 KO Colloquium on Literature: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (2023S)

Miroslav Krleža's Early Prose Works

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 48 - Slawistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 14.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 21.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 28.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 18.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 25.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 02.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 09.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 16.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 23.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 06.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 13.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 20.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37
  • Tuesday 27.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 7 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-O1-37

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course's main aim is to offer an insight into Miroslav Krleža's prose writings up until the appearance of his seminal novel Povratak Filipa Latinovicza (The Return of Filip Latinovicz) in 1932. Through a series of close analyses of selected examples, the politics of Krleža's prose will be examined with regards to geo-political fantasies (Hodorlahomor veliki), gender constructs and “small-town” aesthetics (Tri kavaljera frajle Melanije), war and imperialism (Hrvatski bog Mars), modernity and psychoanalysis (Povratak Filipa Latinovicza). Within Krleža's early prose, these, as well as other thematic clusters are represented by means of a pronouncedly modernist narrative technique, which is going to be scrutinized foremost with regards to representations of consciousness, multilingualism and temporal structures. The selected examples should therefore lead to an in-depth understanding of Krleža's aesthetic and political preoccupations, while demonstrating that in many cases the two cannot be told apart. Finally, the course will board the question of Krleža's early prose articulating a form of “peripheral modernism”, which foreshadows many of the aspects of his cultural program for Yugoslavia advocated after WWII.

Assessment and permitted materials

- short oral presentation
- active participation in discussions
- final essay (6-8 pages)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- regular, active attendance (75% of all course units)

Examination topics

- topics boarded at the course

Reading list

Association in the course directory

B-42-K

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