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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
See JST 3295 in the Jewish Studies section for description.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years What is “political writing” Howare writers influenced by and witnesses to the important political, social, and economic events of the modern world This interdisciplinary course addresses these questions by examining the responses of intellectuals to two world wars, the Depression, decolonization, and globalization. Writers include such representative figures as Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, and Salman Rushdie. Also offered as LIT 3305.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Examines the role of Chinese literature in relation to politics. Readings include masterpieces of modern Chinese literature in translation and a couple of typical “propaganda pieces.” The class also sees, discusses, andcompares several Chinese films.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years A general historical survey of the relations between the United States and East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam) from the mid-19th century to the present. The course examines the roots of the diplomatic, political, and cultural interactions and conflicts across the Pacific Ocean. Formerly HIS 2310.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Traces competing images of American womanhood from the colonial era to the present, paying particular attention to groups outside of the mainstream: the poor, slaves, people of color, immigrants, and women’s rights activists (including radical feminists and lesbians). The course revolves around questions like: What constitutes womanhood Who is excluded What are the implications of their exclusion Also offered as WOM 3375.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Analyzes political, social, and cultural developments in 19th-century England through a wide variety of historical, literary, and other contemporary writings.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Examines the origins, course, and legacy of World War II in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. Topics include: the expansion of German and Japanese power; war economies; occupation, resistance, and collaboration; genocide and atomic warfare; the shaping of a postwar order; the construction and significance of personal and collective memories of wartime. Sources include film and fiction as well as historical readings.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Examines the political culture of Germany after World War I. Topics include: culture and ideology during the Weimar Republic; the lives of Hitler and other leading Nazis; racial policies; the structure of the Nazi regime; and the creation of a “New Order” in Europe. The courseexplores changing historical interpretations of the Third Reich and recent scholarly controversies, including debate about the relationship between memory and history.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offe red irregularly) G e rman politics, society, and culture from the 18th century to the present. Through history and literature, the course examines themes like: the creation of a unified state; the two world wars unleashed from German soil; the rise and fall of Nazism; anti-Semitism and the Holocaust; the division into two states during the Cold War; and the role of re u n i fied Germany in today’s Europe.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Spring Examines transformations of Chinese society and culture since the early 19th century. Themes include: the impact of the West; the rise of Chinese nationalism; modernization, reforms, and revolution; and rapid economic growth in the 1990s.
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