ClassInfo - Spring 2017 Dutch Classes

Spring 2017 | DTCH 3610 Section 001: Dutch Literature in Translation -- Anne Frank: New Perspectives on her Legacy (68625)

Instructor(s): Jenneke Oosterhoff
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Topics Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017

Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, East Bank

Peik Hall 225
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2022

Course Catalog Description:

In-depth study of authors or topics from various periods in Dutch literature. All primary/secondary literature is read in English translation.

Class Notes:

http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ooste003+DTCH3610+Spring2017

Class Description:

This course will address some of the myths around Anne Frank's person and her diary. Her symbolic status as a holocaust victim as well as an object of identification will be examined in the context of her ethnic heritage, the historical circumstances under which she came to the Netherlands, the particularity of her hiding situation and the critical acclaim of her journal, including its adaptations for marketing and commercialization purposes. Students will read and understand the iconic text against the backdrop of the Dutch unique position within Europe in the Second World War as a nation under a civil, not a military administration during the Nazi occupation. Notions of Dutch heroism and sacrifice will be scrutinized to uncover the blurry line between good and evil, right and wrong. From the perspective of the history of Jewish life in the Netherlands, the rise of antisemitism and the German instrumentalization of the Dutch bureaucracy for the purpose of persecution and deportation, Anne Frank will emerge as a particular case of victimization, one of many, and not as the universal example with sainthood status that she has become over time. To look at her from this perspective, however, will by no means undermine or devalue the legacy of her optimism and humanism for our world of today.

Grading:

Response papers to readings (30%)

Short exams (20%)

Active class participation (30%)

Group presentation (10%)

Final paper (10%)

Exam Format:

Short exams, papers

Class Format:

20% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations

Workload:

50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Short Response Papers
1 Final Paper
1 Presentation

Textbooks:

https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68625/1173

Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:

26 October 2016

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