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German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT chose 50 works of German literature that a student should have read.
WorkOrder Label
Draussen vor der Tür (1947) by Wolfgang Borchert
4
Danton's Death (1835) by Georg Büchner
8
Lenz (1836) by Georg Büchner
8
Leonce and Lena (1838) by Georg Büchner
8
The Visit (1956) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
10
Life of a Good-for-Nothing (1826) by Joseph von Eichendorff
12
Effi Briest (1894) by Theodor Fontane
15
The Fire Raisers (1949) by Max Frisch
16
The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
24
Aphorisms (1967) by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
34
Brand's Haide (1951) by Arno Schmidt
46
Der Ausflug Der Toten Madchen (German Edition) (1979) by Anna Seghers
48
The Seventh Cross (1939) by Anna Seghers
48
Die Günderode (1840) by Bettina von Arnim
Jacob the Liar (1996) by Jurek Becker
Erzählungen (1994) by Heinrich Böll
Wanderer kommst du nach Spa... (1950) by Heinrich Böll
Till Eulenspiegel (1981) by Hermann Bote
Life of Galileo (1940) by Bertolt Brecht
Their Pavel (1887) by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (1960) by Michael Ende
Little Man, What Now? (1932) by Hans Fallada
Faust, Part One (1808) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Simplicissimus (1668) by Johann Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
Die Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm (1961) by Jacob Grimm
Defying Hitler: A Memoir (1939) by Sebastian Haffner
Märchen (1958) by Wilhelm Hauff
Hyperion (1797) by Friedrich Hölderlin
Mademoiselle de Scudéri (1819) by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Sandman (1816) by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Ship (1949) by Hans Henny Jahnn
Die Perlmutterfarbe (1992) by Anna Maria Jokl
A Country Doctor: Short Stories (1919) by Franz Kafka
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa (1961) by Franz Kafka
The Trial (1925) by Franz Kafka
Erzählungen by Marie Luise Kaschnitz
Die drei gerechten Kammacher (1856) by Gottfried Keller
Kleider machen Leute (1874) by Gottfried Keller
Die Leute von Seldwyla (1856) by Gottfried Keller
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe (1856) by Gottfried Keller
Das Erdbeben in Chili ; Das Bettelweib von Locarno ; Die heilige Cäcilie ; Uber das Marionettentheater und andere Prosastücke (1921) by Heinrich von Kleist
The Marquise of O (1810) by Heinrich von Kleist
Michael Kohlhaas (1810) by Heinrich von Kleist
Penthesilea (1808) by Heinrich von Kleist
The Flying Classroom (1933) by Erich Kästner
Nathan the Wise (1779) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Man of Straw (1919) by Heinrich Mann
Death in Venice / Mario and the Magician (1912) by Thomas Mann
The Confusions of Young Törless (1906) by Robert Musil
Job: The Story of a Simple Man (1930) by Joseph Roth
Intrigue and Love (1784) by Friedrich Schiller
Dream Story (1925) by Arthur Schnitzler
Fraulein Else (1924) by Arthur Schnitzler
Die Regentrude (1972) by Theodor Storm
The rider on the white horse (1888) by Theodor Storm
Spring Awakening (1891) by Frank Wedekind

Descriptions

German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT chose 50 works of German literature that a student should have read. (English, Member-written)
Kanon aus 50 deutschsprachigen Werken für den Deutschunterricht.
Entstehungszeit: 2002-2003
Jury:
2 Schüler
2 Deutschlehrer
2 Schriftsteller
2 Redakteure
Initiator: Die Wochenzeitschrift ZEIT (German, Member-written)

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