Course Details
Country:
Germany
Course Title:
Jewish Life in Central Europe
Course Number:
FU-BEST 25
Course Description:
This course will introduce and discuss canonic texts by European-Jewish authors from
Moses Mendelssohn to Paul Celan. It thus gives an extensive overview of GermanJewish culture since the late 18th century. Every class session starts off with a
contextualization of the historic circumstances in which each text was created. In this part, the wider picture of German-Jewish culture and history will be developed,
whereas in the second section of each class session, reading assignments will be
discussed in greater detail. Here, the class will concentrate on one or two exemplary
readings the students will prepare and present. These literary readings constitute the
core interest of each session, this course being situated in the field of cultural studies.
Poetic and philosophical texts will not be read for their own sake but in order to shed
light on everyday life in Central Europe.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
HIST 388
Attachment Files:
FU-BEST-25.pdf
