GERMN-142 Regarding the Pain of Others: The Depiction of Suffering in Modern Literature

In this course we will study a variety of texts, ranging from fiction to poetry to drama, that ask when and how pain and suffering can be represented, and most important, on whose behalf? We will be especially interested int he way that different depictions of suffering moves un different ways, with accordingly varied political results—whether by conferring sympathy onto individual typically denied it, or by depicting events blocked from public consciousness. Includes readings from writers such as Goethe, Susan Sontag, the Marquis de Sade, and Elfriede Jelinek.

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

(Writing Intensive.)

Credits

1.00

Offered

Fall

Notes

Taught in English. No knowledge of German required.