Literature-Culture-Media: German Literature After the Wall

This course offers both broad and in-depth insights into German-language literature after 1989, with a focus on novels. You’ll read and analyse works that reflect how Germany’s history and culture have evolved since reunification.

You’ll learn how literature addresses questions of identity, memory, and reckoning with the past – and how it contributes to shaping a new cultural self-image in modern Germany. The course also provides tools to interpret and analyse texts from both literary-historical and narrative-theoretical perspectives.

The course is primarily based on reading, but includes both written and oral assignments. All skill-based components are mandatory and help you develop your analytical abilities.

Through this course, you’ll gain insight into how literature reflects and influences cultural and political change – and why it remains essential for understanding contemporary Europe.

The assessment is based on one written assignment and an oral exam.

The course is included as an elective course in the Master's (120 credits) programme Literature – Culture – Media. It is also offered as a freestanding course and can be included in a first or second cycle degree.

Prerequisites

90 higher education credits in Literary Studies, specialising in General, English, French, German, Russian, Scandinavian or Spanish literature.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: ECTS (HPAV): 100 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 33,750
First payment: SEK 33,750

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.