Advanced Seminar in German Literature
GRST 301
Fall 2008 not offered
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Topic: The Jewish Other in German Culture from the Enlightenment to the Weimar Republic. This course will investigate key texts from the eighteenth century to the 1930s that focus on representations of Jewish identity and anti-Semitism. Careful close readings of major works of German literature such as Lessing's NATHAN DER WEISE, Heine's HEBRAEISCHE MELODIEN, Schnitzler's DER WEG INS FREIE, Else Lasker-Schüler's HEBRAEISCHE BALLADEN, and two of Kafka's most important animal stories will make up the essential core of the course. We will, however, also investigate, in excerpts, historically important pamphlets and tractates including Wagner's DAS JUDENTUM IN DER MUSIK, Weininger's GESCHLECHT UND CHARAKTER, and Theodor Lessing's DER JUEDISCHE SELBSTHASS. Finally, we will also consider controversial non-fiction: Karl Kraus's essays on Yiddish theater and Jewish identity as well as Freud's so-called "Moses Novel," DER MANN MOSES UND DIE MONOTHEISTISCHE RELIGION. Among the topics and themes under consideration will be the figure of the "beautiful Jewess," the concept of "Jewish self-hatred" and the aesthetic "performance" of Jewish identity. All discussions and papers will be in German; there will be some readings in English. |
Essential Capabilities:
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Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: GRST217 OR GRST251S OR GRST252S |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (GRST-MN)(GRST) |
Major Readings:
Hartmann von Aue, DER ARME HEINRICH Martin Luther, "Sendbrief Vom Dolmetschen" Poetry of the Baroque period Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, NATHAN DER WEISE Heinrich von Kleist, "Das Erdbeben in Chili" Friedrich Schiller, MARIA STUART Jeremias Gotthelf, DIE SCHWARZE SPINNE Gerhart Hauptmann, "Der Ketzer von Soana" Arthur Schnitzler, "Leutnant Gustl" Ingeborg Bachmann, DER GUTE GOTT VON MANHATTAN Barbara Honigmann, ROMAN VON EINEM KINDE
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Examinations and Assignments: Weekly entries in a reading diary, to be corrected and resubmitted; oral presentations; final examination. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Regular attendance and participation in class discussion required. This course is not recommended for students who have not yet studied or lived in a German-speaking country. It is required of all German Studies majors. |
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