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Session dates and times for courses are available in Axess under the Guest Menu. Course day, time, and units are subject to change. Courses are eight weeks long unless otherwise noted in the course description or details.
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Nazi Culture, California Exile: Literature, Film, and Music that Fled Hitler
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What is Nobel Literature? Reading, Assessing, and Interpreting the Nobel Novels |
COMPLIT 145
Nazi Culture, California Exile: Literature, Film, and Music that Fled Hitler
3-5
units
Time: see axess.stanford.edu
The culture of Nazi Germany and the works of its most vociferous critics. The origins of Nazi Germany in romanticism and modernism; how they contributed to HitlerÀs rise. Nazi ideology including race, anti-Semitism, and political power; its expression in literary and philosophical writing, and cinema. The artists, intellectuals, and musicians who fled Hitler to the U.S. Their role in the film industry and contributions to American thinking. Sources include: documents of Nazi culture; works of anti-Nazi exile figures including Mann, Brecht, and Adorno; films by Fritz Lang; and music by Arnold Schoenberg and Hanns Eisler.
Note: Meets GER Disciplinary Breadth: Humanities
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COMPLIT 149
What is Nobel Literature? Reading, Assessing, and Interpreting the Nobel Novels on the World Stage
5
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Time: see http://axess.stanford.edu
Recent Nobel laureates in literature: Gabriel Garc’a M‡rquez, Nadine Gordimer, Toni Morrison, Kenzaburo Oe, and V.S. Naipaul. These writers come from different locations, yet each participates in a global conversation about the human condition. The impact of their identities upon their thought and writing. How the Nobel prize is awarded. The role of literature in the world, and analytical skills for reading literary texts.
Note: Meets GER Disciplinary Breadth, Humanities; Meets GER Educ. for Citizenship, Global Community
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