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480088 KO Colloquium on Literature (2020S)

Elisaveta Bagryna and Blaga Dimitrova - the Woman as Writting Person

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 03.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 10.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 17.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 24.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 31.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 21.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 28.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 05.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 12.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 19.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 26.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 09.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 16.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 23.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Tuesday 30.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The woman writer is not an extraordinary phenomenon in Bulgarian literature, especially since the beginning of the 20th century. The 30s of this century can be considered the most productive period for women writers in Bulgarian literature: The well-known women writers (A. Karima, El. Bagryana, J. Jazova, L. Kasărova, Fani Popova-Mutafova, A. Kamenova and others) are characterized as active figures in the cultural life of Bulgaria at that time.
In the Conversatorium, the emancipation of women through writing is not discussed, but, like the two great authors - Elisaveta Bagryana and Blaga Dimitrova - the act and process of writing, writing as a kind of worldview, is treated and thematized in their own work. The two authors are selected here as the most striking examples: El. Bagryana is seen as an exponent of the vitalism of the 1920s, and Blaga Dimitrova, on the contrary, as a representative of reflection and analyticism, and in this sense - as the author of innovative genres in contemporary Bulgarian literature, where writing is a recurrent leitmotif.
But do not the two authors resemble each other in their aspirations, if we take a closer look at their work? What does it mean to think oneself through as a woman and as a writing subject? Is there really a break between these two identities? The texts of the two authors offer many suggestions for discussion in the field of autoreflection.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation in the discussions; An essay on a self-chosen topic.
By 03 April 2020, students will receive their discussion questions by e-mail and will answer and return them in writing.
During the SS 2020, students must prepare and present a paper that is thematically related to the work of the two authors.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Knowledge and competence in the procedure with literary texts.

Examination topics

Striking poetic and prosaic texts by the two authors.

Reading list

Elisaveta Bagrjana. Izbrana lirika v dva toma. Sofia, 1973;
Blaga Dimitrova. Izbrani tvorbi v dva toma. Sofia, 1982;

Association in the course directory

B-42

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