By learning German students will come into more direct contact with authors of the German, Swiss and Austrian language. These countries, whose literature originated in the Middle Ages and flourished during the so-called Classic Period and during the Romantic Period with Goethe, Schiller and Hölderlin, offer a broad and varied range of literate works. Even to this day German, Swiss and Austrian authors continue to contribute excellent stories, novels, poems and other dramatic works.

Check out our page on authors of German literature to find more information.

• Literature in the Middle Ages
• 16th, 17th and 18th century literature
• Enlightenment literature
• Romantic literature
• Naturalist and Expressionist literature
• 20th century literature
• German war and post-war literature
• Contemporary literature