German Studies 241 - JEWS IN GERMAN CULTURE

A survey of the Jewish-German dialogue from the 18th century to contemporary Germany: the importance of the Jewish presence in German culture; representations of the Jew in German literature, film, and opera; the role of antisemitism in German history from the Middle Ages to the present. Texts by Lessing, the Grimm Brothers, Heine, Wagner, Thomas Mann, Lasker-Schuler, Celan, Kluger, Behrens; films by Lubitsch, Chaplin, Harlan, Levy, Goldfinger. Conducted in English.