This unit will examine literary texts as well as theoretical and historical writings (in English translation and/or in French, German, Italian, Spanish original) of the European tradition. It will focus on the processes of constructing history and memory, with a particular emphasis on the memorialisation of defining events of the 20th century, ie. the two World Wars, the Holocaust, and/or the Spanish Civil War. The unit will also explore the theoretical debates on memory(by authors such as Walter Benjamin, Maurice Halbwachs, Pierre Nora, Aleida and Jan Assmann, Marianne Hirsch, and/or Giorgio Agamben), and the role of literature in constructing collective memory. In examining the... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Christiane Weller
Prerequisites: A first year sequence in French, German, Italian or Spanish
