PERIODS OF EUROPEAN CULTURE 57 - Special Topics:Regions

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Dartmouth College

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10W: 10 In 10W, Memories from the Dark Side: Political and Historical Repression in Europe. Is it still feasible to resist and survive war, exile, extermination, and political and cultural repression in the time frame from World War II to the present in Europe If it is, a new European identity will have to account for the unforgettable memories of shared atrocities from the past. We will study the Holocaust and the criminal fantasy of European racial identity, the political repression across the Berlin wall, both in the East and the West, and look across the Atlantic Ocean for the model implemented by the American friend. Authors include Semprún, Levi, Améry, Kis, Jelloun, Saramago and films by Resnais, Wajda, von Trotta, and Costa-Gavras. Dist: LIT; WCult: CI. Aguado.

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3.00

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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