LIT 296 - Special Spring-Term Topics in Literature in Translation

FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 4
When Offered: Spring, 2010

Taught in English. Prerequisite: Completion of FW or GE1 composition requirement. A selected topic focusing on a particular author, genre, motif or period in translation. The specific topic is determined by the interests of the individual instructor. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Topic for Spring 2010:

LIT 296: Coming to Terms with the Past: German Literary Reflections on the Nazi Era (4): A half-century of attempts by German-speaking authors to come to terms with the horrors and crimes of the Nazi era, 1933-1945. Against the historical background of the dictatorship, the war, the Shoah, the destruction and postwar deprivations, students read representative novels, dramas, and poetry of three generations of writers and write frequently. Films viewed outside of class supplement the readings. Daily readings from primary sources vary from about 100 to 150 pages. Students are required to write 20-25 pages during the courses, including two short response papers to be presented in class as the basis for a class discussion led by the students. (HL, GE3) Crockett.