Undergraduate Course: Dislocation & Identity in modern German-Jewish Literature (Ordinary) (ELCG09008)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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 'conditio 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 | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Open to visiting students with fluent German and a background in literary studies |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 1.5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 essay, 2-2,500 words
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | |
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'.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mary Cosgrove
Tel: (0131 6)50 3639
Email: mary.cosgrove@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3647
Email: Fiona.Scanlon@ed.ac.uk |
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