Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FIRST YEAR SEMINAR: FROM KAFKA TO THE HOLOCAUST: DISCOURSE IN ALIENATION ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 1 ***** The beginnings of modernity are generally linked to the sociopolitical, economic, religious, and intellectual upheavals at the end of the 19th century. Whereas extreme reactionism to these developments led to a forced ideological stabilization, i.e. fascism, progressive literature addressed these issues from a standpoint of artistic experimentation as manifested in a discourse of alienation (expressionism, dada, Kafka). Holocaust literature reflects the ultimate clash between progressiveness and reactionism. The primary readings will be from Wedekind, Trakl, Kaiser, Kafka, Hesse, Remarque, Brecht, Celan, Werfel. Taught in English. ***** Also listed as FSM 121. ***** Enrollment limited to 15.