POST-WAR EUROPEAN LITERATURE (CL3065)

Addresses major themes and preoccupations that have concerned writers since the Second World War. Focuses on writers who have felt and expressed with peculiar poignancy the challenge which the experience of the war poses to our understanding of humanity. Selected writers include Appelfield, Belben, Bernhard, Calvino, Celan, Duras, Gadda, Hofmann, Josipovici, Levi, Perec, Sciascia, Spark.

Code:

CL3065

Name:

POST-WAR EUROPEAN LITERATURE

Discipline:

CL (Comparative Literature)

Type:

Regular

Level:

Undergraduate

Credits:

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Learning Outcomes

To be able to articulate the continuities linking cultures and novels studied
To deepen an understanding of an area of particular interest (be that in literature, photography, film, etc.)
To develop an awareness of the challenges of the Holocaust to literature
To grasp methodologies appropriate to studying post-War literature
To learn about the pleasures and problematics of post-War literature
To understand better the responses of the novel form to the challenges posed by the crisis of faith in literature following the War

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POST-WAR EUROPEAN LITERATURE (CL3065)

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