The university study of a language subject must include the study of the culture - in its broadest sense - of the countries and societies that use the language. Students are expected to develop a coherent overview of German culture and German intellectual life. This knowledge is to be added to and deepened with progression through year levels. Specific knowledge of key texts, writers and thinkers as well as central or recurring themes and problems in German cultural life is to accompany this progression.
An understanding of the specificity of the German-speaking culture(s) and their contribution to European civilisation is part of this overall objective. A narrow focus on purely literary culture is avoided in the attempt to develop a broader understanding of what `culture' includes. Students must therefore progressively learn to deal with a range of literary text types presented from a sociohistorical perspective, and to identify the specificities of German culture.
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