GRST 233F
Fall 2021 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
CJST 233F |
Remembering the Nazi past is a fundamental aspect of postwar German culture. In this course, we will trace the Holocaust's aftermath in contemporary German literature and thought. We will pay close attention to the socio-cultural and historical-political changes in attempts to glean new meanings from a past that is both omnipresent and highly evanescent. It will be our particular concern to encounter versions of Jewish identity and attempts to prescribe different narratives. We will focus especially on contrasting the creative works of the immediate postwar period and "the third generation." These contemporary writers explore a historical trauma that has become an integral part of specific Jewish-German identity. At the same time, their temporal and personal distance to the actual events necessitates new imaginative approaches to the past. Careful readings of literary, theoretical, journalistic, and historical texts, as well as personal discussions will enable us to critically think about the challenges and limits of how to write about the Holocaust 70 years after it occurred, and how the difficulties in doing so might inform other kinds of writing about historical and personal trauma. Students need to read Olga Grjasnowa's "All Russians Love Birch Trees" prior to the start of the course. Students will have Zoom class discussions and intensive peer-feedback-driven writing practice. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CJST-MN)(GRST-MN)(GRST) |
Major Readings:
Viola Roggenkamp: THE SPECTACLE SALESMAN'S FAMILY. Virago 2005. ISBN-13: 978-1-84408-221-6, ISBN: 1-84408-221-0
Olga Grjasnowa. ALL RUSSIANS LOVE BIRCH TREES. New York, Other Press 2014. ISBN 978-1-59051-584-6 (Paperback) und 978-1-59051-585-3 (ebook).
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