GERMAN 291: Mann, Mahfouz, Agnon: Novels, Nations and Genre (COMPLIT 289, JEWISHST 289)
A comparative study of three twentieth-century novels by Thomas Mann, Naguib Mahfouz and Shmuel Agnon that treat historical formations of German, Egyptian and Israeli nationhood through variations of the genre. Attention to essayism in the novel of ideas, claims of realism, and structures of subjectivity. This class is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Berman, R. (PI)
;
Galietti, A. (PI)
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