Materials
Materials
Guide to writing scientific papers
The guide to writing academic papers, which you can download here, provides information on writing and designing academic term papers and theses.
You can also practise academic writing and working techniques in regular academic writing courses.
Reading tips for studying literature
In order to gain a rough orientation within German-language literary history during the course of the degree programme, reading primary literature is essential. Only with the help of this knowledge is it possible to classify literary texts historically, compare them with each other and recognise their specific features. It is therefore advisable to familiarise yourself with as many texts as possible from different periods and in different styles. But what to read? Where to start?
The list contains reading tips that reflect the individual research focuses and reading preferences of Oldenburg lecturers in Modern German Literature. The list should therefore not be understood as a 'best list', but as a subjective selection of what we find worth reading for various reasons. Of course, other authors and texts are also relevant for all the periods listed. Sometimes we have also given preference to the offbeat over the canonised (such as texts that are part of the school curriculum).
The list comprises 99 texts. The number 99 was chosen to emphasise the necessary incompleteness of such a collection. The selection attempts to cover a variety of genres and includes 'popular' titles as well as texts for children and young people. Where possible, reference has been made to books that have actually been published (and not to individual poems or stories). The dating is based on the year of first publication or, in the case of dramas, first performance. In addition, there is a further restriction: each author is only represented once in the list - which of course does not mean that other texts by these authors are not also worth reading. So the best thing to do is just keep reading - there's a lot to discover!
For all those interested in film, there is also a film list with 29 films to build up knowledge within German-language film history.
Portfolio basic module: Teaching videos
The examination components of the basic module BM2 are presented in detail in four instructional videos:
Portfolio basic module: Leaflet
The information sheet provides an overview of the four components (bibliography, excerpt, short exposé, text analysis) that make up the module examination in the seminar of the basic literary studies module (ger020).
Portfolio basic module: Reader
How do I create an excerpt? What are the formal requirements for analysing a text? How do I recognise an anthology contribution? What should I include in an exposé? Answers to these and other questions can be found in the reader provided here, which presents the examination components of the basic module BM2 in detail and explains them clearly and practically using examples.
Citation technique of audiovisual formats
The overview created by Ina Cappelmann, which you can download here, explains the correct citation of audiovisual media.