European Masterpieces
Session
Regular Academic Session
Class Number
4038
Career
Undergraduate
Units
3 units
Grading
Graded Alpha
Topic
Polish Short Stories
Description
Prerequisites: UCLR 100, UCLR 100C, UCLR 100E, UCLR 100M, or equivalent; please check requirements for declared majors/minors for exceptions.

Major European literary texts will be examined in a historical and cultural context and in their transhistorical, universal aspects that make them masterpieces. Students will understand how literary masterpieces help us develop critical consciousness of our experience.
Class Attributes
Tier 2 Literary Knowledge
European Studies
Global Studies
Class Notes
This course explores ideas, events as well as cultural and political trends presented in Polish literature in the contexts of Romanticism, Positivism, Realism, Modernism, Interwar Independence, WWII and German occupation, Soviet communist control, and the post-Cold War sovereignty, as part of the modern European experience. This course explores the shifting dialogue regarding Polish identity that took place in Polish literature from the latter half of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. Through the analysis of novels, plays, and poetry, this course follows the shifting pattern of Polish identity beginning with the failure of the January Uprising of 1863, through WWI, the dynamic activity of the Interwar period, and the devastation of WWII.
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Class Details
Instructor(s)
Marta Ochyra-Olchawa
Meets
TuTh 11:30AM - 12:45PM
Dates
08/25/2025 - 12/06/2025
Room
Crown Center - Room 140
Instruction Mode
In person
Campus
Lake Shore Campus
Location
Lake Shore Campus
Components
Lecture Required
Class Availability
Status
Closed
Seats Taken
20
Seats Open
0
Class Capacity
20
Wait List Total
0
Wait List Capacity
5