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Academic Year 2005/2006
Postwar German Literature: Confrontations with the Past
GERM 365 FA
This advanced course focuses on the German literary and cultural developments after Germany's defeat in 1945. The process of reconstruction and of "coming to terms with the past" or Vergangenheitsbewaeltigung will be
examined
through literary and non-literary texts and films from the two Germanys, Austria, and Switzerland.
MAJOR READINGS
Max Frisch, ANDORRA
Nelly Sachs, FAHRT INS STAUBLOSE (Selections)
Paul Celan, MOHN UND GEDAECHTNIS (Selections)
Christa Wolf, DER GETEILTE HIMMEL
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, DER MUELL, DIE STADT UND DER
TOD
Barbara Honigmann, ROMAN VON EINEM
KINDE
Bernhard Schlink, DER VORLESER
Course Reader
Jeffrey Herf, DIVIDED MEMORY: THE NAZI PAST IN THE TWO GERMANYS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Short essays (3), reading journal, take-home final.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Regular attendance and participation expected.
COURSE FORMAT:
Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GERM
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
GRST214 OR GRST217 OR (WUPG251 AND GOVT466)
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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