Course Title: Describing the Indescribable: German authors after the Holocaust
Instructor: Cara Pickens-Noble, A&S '17
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October 28, 2024 - December 02, 2024 (6 Sessions)
Monday, 6:00PM ET - 7:30PM ET
Virtual via Zoom
Course Description: In this course we will focus on post-Holocaust literature by West German authors, specifically the writings of W.G. Sebald. In his book “ The Emigrants”, Sebald gives voice to the life of people who were forced to react to circumstances beyond their control . For their safety, they had to leave the country of their birth. We will explore how differently the protagonists coped with their uprooted lives and yet how similar their lives ended, often prematurely, often by suicide.
Sebald is one of the few, if not the only, writer of the post-Holocaust era who gives voice to the culture and the lives that were destroyed. Sebald is also a master of nuances, his language demands close attention, and more often than not, his meaning shines through in sub clauses ; i.e. one has to read between the lines. These narratives are consistent with a post-Holocaust view associated with fragmentation, disruption, alienation and a general sense of hopelessness.
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