Course Info: HACU-0209
| Course | HACU-0209 Modernity, Diaspora, War |
| Long Title | 20th-C. European (Jewish) Literature: Writing and Diaspora |
| Term | 2024F |
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| Meeting Info | Emily Dickinson Hall 4 on T,TH from 1:00-2:20 |
| Faculty | Jeffrey Wallen |
| Capacity | 23 |
| Available | 1 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
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| Additional Info | Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time |
| Description | The 20th century was a period of great upheaval for Jews in all parts of Europe, as they faced transformative pressures of modernization, nationalism, revolution, war, and exile. The literature written by Jews in western, eastern, and central Europe during this time is amazingly rich and diverse. The Jewishness of their writings will not be the central theme, but will serve as the thread to connect a stunning variety of imaginative texts written in a plethora of languages (French, German, Yiddish, Polish, and Russian). We will read stories, poems, and short novels that range from the surreal and hallucinatory to the realistic depiction of everyday life. We will also see films made from these works. Writers will include Else Lasker-Schuler, Franz Kafka, David Bergelson, Bruno Schulz, Debora Vogel, Isaac Babel, Anna Seghers, Paul Celan, Vasily Grossman, Kadya Molodowsky, Miriam Ulinover, Hannah Arendt, Jurek Becker, and Patrick Modiano. |