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GERM271

German-Jewish Cultural Identity: Jewish Writers in Germany from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
GERM271 FA

Crosslistings: GELT271

Not Currently Offered

This course provides insight into German-Jewish identity. Essays, autobiographies, and journalism from the Enlightenment and Emancipation to the post-Holocaust period 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: Discussion Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999




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