Over the two semesters of this linked module, we will cover a selection of literary texts in German from the nineteenth and twentieth century. The first semester will normally deal with shorter texts from the post-1945 period, whilst the second semester will introduce some longer texts, including one or more texts written before 1945. Texts will be drawn from a variety of genres. Classes will discuss not only the content of the set texts, but also the techniques required in order to analyse literary texts.