Violence and Representation: German Drama and Prose, 1810 to 2010
GRST 360
Fall 2012
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In this seminar we will examine the representation of violence in German prose and drama from 1810 to the present. How can literary language express situations and experiences that overwhelm, even shatter the subject? How does literature remember the violent history of wars and genocide? How do literary texts distinguish between violence that is only destructive and violence that also liberates, such as revolutionary and anti-colonial violence? Finally, we will consider the violence inherent in literary representation itself. The historical subject matters treated in the texts we discuss include the Trojan War, the War on Terror, the two world wars, the Shoah, the French Revolution, and the Haitian Revolution. We will read dramas by Heinrich von Kleist, Georg Büchner, Heiner Müller, Bertolt Brecht, and Peter Weiss, and prose by Heinrich Heine, W. G. Sebald, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Anna Seghers, Ernst Jünger, Franz Kafka, Clemens Meyer, and Anne Duden. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: GRST214 OR GRST217 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (GRST-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Bertolt Brecht, DIE MASSNAHME (Suhrkamp) ISBN-13: 978-3518120583
Georg Büchner, DANTONS TOD (Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek) ISBN-13: 978-3518188897
Franz Kafka, IN DER STRAFKOLONIE (Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek) ISBN-13: 978-3518188781
Heinrich von Kleist, PENTHESILEA. EIN TRAUERSPIEL (Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek) ISBN-13: 978-3518188729
W. G. Sebald, AUSTERLITZ. (Fischer) ISBN-13: 978-3596148646
Peter Weiss, DIE VERFOLGUNG UND ERMORDUNG JEAN PAUL MARATS, DARGESTELLT DURCH DIE SCHAUSPIELGRUPPE DES HOSPIZES ZU CHARENTON UNTER ANLEITUNG DES HERRN DE SADE (Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek, ISBN-13: 978-3518188491)
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Examinations and Assignments:
6 short papers (plus rewrites), one final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
All readings and discussions in German.
This course applies to the Literature concentration for the German Studies major. |
| Instructor(s): Plass,Ulrich Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: FISK403; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 2 | FR: 2 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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