On the Edge of Destruction: Polish Jewry Between the Two World Wars (6 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Paul Forgasz
Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit students will have: 1. An ability to locate the development of Jewish life during the interwar period in the context of the wider historical setting. 2. An understanding of the structure of power and authority within the interwar Polish Jewish community. 3. An ability to describe and analyse the diversity of Jewish communal life and cultural expression in interwar Poland. 4. A capacity to discuss the development of Yiddish as a literary and cultural phenomenon in the context of the interwar period. 5. An understanding of the impact of ideology on the social, political, economic and intellectual life of the inter-war community. 6. A capacity to explain the operation of gender and class within the social and economic framework of the interwar community. 7. An appreciation of the historiographical problems involved in the use of both historical and literary sources to reconstruct a history of the period.
Assessment: Research essay (2000): 40% + An historiographical exercise (1000 words): 20% + Exam (90 min., 1500 words equivalent): 30% + Seminar preparation and participation: 10%
Contact Hours: 1 hour lecture and 1.5 hour seminar per week
Prohibitions: HSY3425
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