GERM365 - Postwar German Literature: Cultural Confrontations with the Past

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Postwar German Literature: Cultural Confrontations with the Past
GERM365 FA

Crosslistings: COL363

A survey course that charts the German literary and cultural developments after the so-called "zero hour" in 1945. The main focus will be on how the past--the act of "coming to terms with the past" or Vergangenheitsbewaeltigung--is inscribed in texts from the immediate postwar period until today. (Course conducted in German.)

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: GERM214 OR GERM216 OR GERM217 OR (WUPG251 AND WUPG252)

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Isenberg,Noah W.

Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK412

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: UNL)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000