OLLI101601 - The Spanish Civil War: Dramatis Personae[In-person at TUCC]
Course Description
The Spanish Civil War: Dramatis Personae
Instructor: Paul Farber
Day of Week: Tuesday
Dates: October 1 – December 10 (10 sessions)
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location: In-person at TUCC
The Spanish Civil War was considered by many as the beginning of World War 2, a unique encounter between two forces of evil: fascism and communism. It is also the story of those who volunteered to participate in this conflict, primarily those opposed to fascism. Many prominent writers became Dramatis personae by devoting their talents to reporting this war. Prominent among them were the Jewish photojournalists Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, the British writer George Orwell, the Americans Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn and the Spanish artist of Guernica, Pablo Picasso. By devoting their unique talents to reporting the Spanish Civil War, the conflict attained greater stature in the literary world and elevated its reportage. These sagas and their implications will be discussed in this course.
Maximum: 30
Instructor Bio: Paul Farber, AB, DDS, University of Michigan; PhD, University of Rochester; professor emeritus, Temple University School of Medicine. Paul spent 35 years teaching basic science to medical and dental students. He has published his research in microbiology and immunology.
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