Languages, Cultures, Literature, Translation

The drama of the individual from Weimar to Hitler: Hans Fallada (1893-1947) Starting with an author who was once very well known in the world of ‘light’ literature, author of two exemplary novels, we will retrace the fate of the common man in the Weimar Republic and later under the Hitler regime, investigating lines of continuity and anthropological and cultural differences.

no prerequisites required

- H. Fallada, E adesso pover’uomo?, Sellerio, 2002; - L. Mittner, su Hans Fallada nella Storia della letteratura tedesca, vol. 345/2, $ 438, pp. 1329-1332 [PDF] - Peter Gay, La cultura di Weimar, Dedalo, 2002; - S. Kracauer, Impiegati, Meltemi 2020; - S. Kracauer La massa come ornamento, cuepress, 2023; - G. Simmel, Le metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando, 2005; - H. Fallada, Ognuno muore solo, Sellerio, 2008; - H. Arendt, Le origini del totalitarismo, Einaudi, Torino 2010, III sezione sul totalitarismo [PDF] - M. Malatesta, Nazismo e resistenza «Ognuno muore solo» di Hans Fallada, «Passato e Presente», 2005,64, pp. 119-140 [PDF]

Attendance, although encouraged, is entirely optional.

In addition to the usual oral exam, it is advisable to make presentations in class on individual topics, which will result in specific assessments, with the function of exempting parts of the final exam, to be agreed with the teacher. To pass the exam you must achieve a vote of not less than 18/30. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that he has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to link them in a logical and consistent way.

Classes will follow the normal ex cathedra course. However, in accordance with the will of the participants and the timing, the involvement of the students in forms of plenary presentations of individual topics agreed with the teacher is strongly desired.