Undergraduate Course: Dislocation & Identity in modern German-Jewish Literature (ELCG10023)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - German |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces students to German-Jewish literature of the 20th century. It offers a broad historical perspective on the socio-cultural positioning of the German-Jewish subject, focusing on the experiences of exclusion and marginality that characterise the $ùconditio judaica&©. Utilising a group of texts that in turn articulate pivotal moments of upheaval, change or crisis in German-Jewish experience of the 20th century, the course provides students with a focused overview of this period up to the present day. Franz Kafka&©s letter to his father (1919) addresses the consequences of the German-Jewish drive for assimilation that gained momentum in the latter half of the 19th century. Peter Weiss&©s autobiographical novel Fluchtpunkt (1965) describes the experience of exile in Sweden during the Second World War. Rafael Seligmann&©s novella Rubinsteins Versteigerung (1989) epitomises the paradox of being a German-Jew in Germany after the Holocaust. Barbara Honigmann&©s thoughts in the autobiographical sketches of Damals, dann und danach (1999) reflect the continuing dislocation, linguistic and spatial, of contemporary German-Jewish culture. Her work also provides insight into the experience of German-Jewish women. Thematic points of emphasis throughout the course are: dominant and marginal cultures, identity and ambivalence, Heimat and exile, the language and aesthetics of abjection, family conflict and generational change, gender, anti-Semitism. A further question for discussion concerns the specific nature of German-Jewish literature; to what extent does it differ from literary modernism?
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Honours entry. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | In order to be eligible to take 4th Year Options, Visiting Students should have the equivalent of at least two years of study at University level of the appropriate language(s) and culture(s). This course is NOT available to part-year visiting students. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| Central | Seminar | | 1-22 | | | | 16:10 - 18:00 | |
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| Additional information |
Classes will run ODD weeks only during semester 1, weeks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 during semester 2. |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| To provide a broad historical perspective on the socio-cultural positioning of the German-Jewish subject, focusing on the experiences of exclusion and marginality that characterise the 'conditio judaica'. |
Assessment Information
1 essay, 2- 2,500 words (50%)
1 1 hr 30 min exam (50%)
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mary Cosgrove
Tel: (0131 6)50 3639
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Course secretary | Mrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
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