To analyze the narrative and visual forms that are intertwined with the Mediterranean as an aquatic and non-water space, understood in its geophysical, anthropological, historical and cultural reflections. Reflect on the peculiarities that characterize the texts of Mediterranean literature and cinematography, in the light of distinct genres and voices and images of the present.

Reading and analysis of narrative texts, films and series, comparisons and contrasts in the light of different theoretical methods, reflections on the typological characteristics of Mediterranean literature. Oral presentations.

The dimension of the Mediterranean, as a space open to heterogeneous cultures and different influences, seems particularly interesting for the analysis of different narrative, filmic and serial forms, in terms of the theory of narrative and also in its different declinations in the spatial, cultural and anthropological spheres. To this end, a series of literary, cinematic and serial texts will be examined in order to analyse the peculiarities of this space of sea and land. The course will primarily concentrate on literature and film in the following languages: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian/Montenegrinian, Italian, Russian, Spanisch and also French.

The bibliography will be announced at the beginning of the semester.The basic reference text is.Angela Fabris , Albert Göschl and Steffen Schneider.Sea of Literatures. Towards a Theory of Mediterreanean Literature.Alpe Adria and Environs Series, Mediterranean Itineraries, Vol. 3, Berlin, De Gruyter, 2023 Open Access https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110775136/htmlLink auf weitere Informationenhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110775136/html

Regular participation, oral presentation, written seminar paper or compilation of 7 analysis worksheets.

Contents of the oral presentation, form, content and structure of the seminar paper (6000 words) or the compilation of 7 analysis worksheets on individual aspects of the novel, essays, series or film. The analysis worksheet focuses on certain categories of classification that will be presented in the seminar.

The following partial grades are to be awarded:1. composition of the seminar paper or preparation of the analysis worksheet (= 50% of the grade);2. the quality of the oral presentation (= 30% of the grade);3. active participation in class, e.g. in discussions and group work (= 20% of the grade).