Transfer Student Courses in RC Core (Division 863)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

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Written and Verbal Expression

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Carl Cohen (ccohen@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (MSA).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Argument is the focus of this course, both in symbols and in language. We deal with the forms of arguments, the application of them, what makes them valid or invalid, weak or strong. We do this in two concurrent ways: (a) Microcosmically, we examine the structure of arguments, what makes them tick. In the deductive sphere we deal with the relations of truth and validity to develop the logic of propositions, and enter the logic of quantification. In the inductive sphere, we deal with argument by analogy, and causal analysis, and with elementary probability theory. (b) Macrocosmically, we do the analysis of real arguments in controversial contexts, as they are presented in classical and contemporary philosophical writing: ethical arguments (in Plato); political arguments (in J.S. Mill); and legal arguments as they appear in Supreme Court decisions. In all cases both substance and form are grist for our mill.

Foreign Language

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Baliasnikova

Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Russian 101, 102, 111, or 112. (8). (LR).

Credits: (8).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Russian 103.001.

Written and Verbal Expression

Section 001 – Representing The Holocaust: From History to Story, Memory to Post Memory.

Instructor(s): Karen Goertz

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (Excl).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

The Nazis intended to destroy all memory and physical trace of the genocide perpetrated against European Jewry and others deemed racially, genetically, socially, or politically undesirable. In its wake, however, the Holocaust has left a vast body of literature that bears witness to their crime against humanity. This literature demands an active moral, intellectual, and emotional engagement on the part of the reader who, in the process of reading, becomes a co-witness of sorts. In this course, we will be exploring the various forms this witnessing has taken over the last 50 years – from personal testimonies, diaries, memoirs, and documentary films, to novels, poems, movies, musical compositions, paintings, and cartoons. How do recollections in the form of a memoir differ from those in a novel and what are the particular merits of each genre? We will discuss each of these representations in conjunction with historical texts, observing how autobiographical and imaginary accounts may enhance, transform or complicate the historical document. Each text will be read closely with an attention to narrative voice, mood and style. We will also draw on larger discussion in the fields of historiography, psychology, film and literary criticism about the disruptive effect of trauma on memory and representation.

Textbooks:
Aharon Appelfeld; For Every Sin
Jurek Becker; Jacob the Liar
Charlotte Delbo; Auschwitz and After
Primo Levi; Survival in Auschwitz
Sara Nomberg-Przytyk; Auschwitz: True Tales from a Grotesque Land
Art Spiegelman; Maus I and II
Elie Wiesel; Night
Binjamin Wilkomirski; Fragments

Course Packet:
Includes poems by Celan, Pagis, Sachs, Kolmar; short stories by Fink, Borowski; essays by Amery, Adorno, Steiner, Lifton, Lang, Langer, Howe, Young, White, Friedlander, Laub, Fresco, Hartman, Appelfeld, Becker, Levi Cantor, Felman, Lanzmann.

All readings and discussions are in English. Students who read German, French, or Italian are encouraged to read some of the texts in the original.

RC Core 489. Honors Independent Research.

Independent Study, Fieldwork, and Tutorials

Section 001.

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