[ Wesleyan Home Page ] [ WesMaps Home Page ] [ WesMaps Archive ] [ Course Search ] [ Course Search by CID ]
Academic Year 2000/2001

German-Jewish Cultural Identity: Jewish Writers in Germany from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
GERM 271 FA
Crosslistings:
GELT 271

This course provides insight into German-Jewish identity. Essays, autobiographies, and journalism from the Enlightenment and Emancipation to the post-Holocaust period provide the sources for an examination of the religious and social conflicts that typify the history of Jewish existence in German-speaking lands during the modern epoch.

MAJOR READINGS

Jurek Becker, BRONSTEIN'S CHILDREN Franz Kafke, BASIC KAFKA Lion Feuchtwanger, JEW SUESS Morris Kertzer, WHAT IS A JEW? Joseph Roth, RADETZKY MARCH Arthur Schnitzler, PROFESSOR BERNHARDI Moses Mendelssohn, JERUSALEM & OTHER WRITINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three papers, active class participation, final examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA GERM    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

Contact wesmaps@wesleyan.edu to submit comments or suggestions. Please include a url, course title, faculty name or other page reference in your email

Copyright Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 06459