| Call Number | 11057 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
T 4:10pm-6:00pm 401 Hamilton Hall |
| Points | 3 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Agnieszka Legutko |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Trauma has become a defining aspect of the modern Jewish experience, while the recently emerged memory studies shed a new light on how we remember the past, and understand memory. As Cathy Caruth observes in Trauma: Explorations of Memory (1995), “The traumatized, we might say, carry an impossible history within them, or they become themselves the symptom of a history that they cannot entirely possess.” This course examines how memory, especially memory of trauma, is explored in Yiddish literature, film, and beyond. It focuses predominantly on the works relating to the Holocaust and its impact on the first, second, and third generations, but it also engages with other kinds of memory and other kinds of trauma (pogroms, Chmielnitsky massacres, loss, death, etc.). It approaches the questions of memory and trauma from the perspective of gender, body, and identity, as well as postmemory. The course aims for students to discuss and critically engage with the works listed on the syllabus, in order to develop the skills of analytical, and abstract thinking, as well as the ability to express that critical thinking in writing. Texts will be offered in English translation, no knowledge of Yiddish required. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Germanic Languages |
| Enrollment | 10 students (25 max) as of 9:07PM Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
| Subject | Comparative Literature: Yiddish |
| Number | GU4250 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Interfaculty |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Section key | 20233CLYD4250W001 |