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FIST234

Primo Levi: The Memory of the Offense FIST234 FA

Crosslistings: ITAL236

Not Currently Offered

A subtitle of this course could be Italians, Jews, and the Holocaust. The course begins with an overview of the historical situation of Jews in Italian history and letters and then turns to specifically examine the works of Primo Levi, one of the most noted survivors of the concentration camps and one of the best custodians of the memory of the Holocaust. The course works its way from his landmark memoir of survival in Auschwitz, If This Be a Man (sometimes published under the title Survival In Auschwitz), through the prose writings of the middle period (fiction and nonfiction) including his writings on science, to the dark remembrance of Holocaust 40 years after the fact, The Drowned and the Saved, his last work.

MAJOR READINGS

STRANGERS AT HOME
SURVIVAL AT AUSCHWITZ
THE REAWAKENING
THE PERIODIC TABLE
IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
MOMENTS OF REPRIEVE
THE MONKEY'S WRENCH
OTHER PEOPLE'S TRADES
THE DROWNED AND THE SAVED

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One page paper every Monday, weekly posting to the Electronic (Internet) Class Newsgroup, presentation, and final paper (8-12 pp).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office. This class will be taught in ENGLISH. ITALIAN STUDIES MAJORS will read all works in the original and complete all written work (except electronic postings) in Italian.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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