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GERM282
World War II: The German Perspective
GERM282 SP
Crosslistings: GELT282, COL 264
Next Offered in 9899 SP
World War II raises many moral and political issues which
still affect us all today. In order to find out how World
War II looked to Germans and what they perceive to have been
the central moral and political issues of that war, we will
use exclusively materials written by Germans, most of them
written after the events they deal with. Three different
types of readings are designed to give us a better access to
some key questions: historical writings, political analyses
and literary texts will constitute our source material.
MAJOR READINGS
K.D. Bracher, THE GERMAN DICTATORSHIP
H. J. Fest, HITLER
S. Haffner, THE MEANING OF HITLER
E. Jaeckel, HITLER'S WORLD VIEW
A. Speer, INSIDE THE THIRD REICH
W. Borchert, THE MAN OUTSIDE
H. Boell, ADAM AND THE TRAIN, BILLIARDS AT HALF-PAST NINE
R. Hochhuth, THE DEPUTY
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
There will be three papers--
two short ones (4-6 pages each), and one longer one (10-12
pages). An oral report may be substituted for one of the
short papers after consultation with the instructor. No
final examination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
No prerequisites,
although a knowledge of 20th-century European and world
history or of German is helpful.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA GERM
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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