Universität Wien

480060 KO Jewish voices from and concerning World War I. From Shimon An-Ski to Dovid Bergelson (2018W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 48 - Slawistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 11.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 11.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 25.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 25.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 15.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 15.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 29.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 29.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 13.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 13.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 17.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 17.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 31.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35
  • Thursday 31.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 8 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2R-Z1-35

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

World War I engendered an enormous cultural production in European Literatures. The war meant a profound historical and cultural caesura especially for Jews in Central and Eastern Europe (Russia, Austria-Hungary) since it marked their transition from imperial settings to national conditions. On the basis of selected writers and texts such as Simon Dubnov, Shimon An-Ski, Dovid Bergelson, Isaak Babel and Lev Nussimbaum, writing in tongues as diverse as Yiddish, Russian, Polish, or German, we will discuss the impact of historical events and their repercussions on literature, e.g. persecution, pogroms, issues such as law and justice, as well as aesthetical positions and transformations.

Assessment and permitted materials

written test: commentary on a key text

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

attendance, active participation, presentation, written test

Examination topics

will be announced during the course

Reading list

bibliography will be distributed in the first session

Association in the course directory

M.6.

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