Health and Hotels in Central Europe
Explores leisure, medical recuperation, and Jewish-Christian exchange in Central Europe through interwar and post-Holocaust literature and film.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Demonstrate close reading skills in writing assignments through interpretation and analysis of texts in a variety of genres, including critical theory, prose, poetry, and film.
Discern and integrate divergent and contradictory perspectives, identify and question assumptions, and assess evidence and methods.
Identify major and lesser-known writers of central Europe between the World Wars.
Acquire a critical vocabulary to speak and write effectively about the experience of health, illness, leisure, recuperation, and Jewish identity.
Engage in sustained discussion with peers in a respectful and empathetic manner on topics concerning diverse worldviews and value systems, including an understanding of interactions between Jews and Christians within the context of minority-majority relationships in central Europe and across the globe.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2· UW Guide 3
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).
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Topics
- Spaces of leisure and medical recuperation
- Christian and Jewish cross-cultural exchange
- Interwar and post-Holocaust literature and film regarding sites of rest and healing
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- Close reading and textual analysis across genres including film, prose, and poetry
- Critical evaluation of evidence, methods, and divergent perspectives
- Using critical vocabulary to discuss health, leisure, and Jewish identity
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