CWL 271

Spring 2021 Part of Term A

Part of Term A
Jan 25-Mar 19

The Holocaust in Context - ACP

Credit: 3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Advanced Composition

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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CWL 271 class schedule data for spring 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	60056	Online	A	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Hunt, A	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/25/21-03/19/21 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition, Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: GER 260 - The Holocaust in Context: Postwar Holocaust Representation in Literature and Film As the Holocaust recedes into the historical past, our knowledge of it increasingly comes from representations of it in books and films. This course does not focus on the Holocaust as a historical event that remains in the past but instead focuses on how films, books, comic books, and even monuments depict the Holocaust for contemporary audiences. This course will focus on two objectives. First, we will examine the various debates and controversies surrounding the issue of artistic representation of the Holocaust and discuss some of the theoretical and philosophical texts that have formed the core of Holocaust Studies by critics such as James Young and Marianne Hirsch. Second, we will explore the ways in which literature and film, both fictional and documentary, have attempted to represent the events of the Holocaust. We will examine texts from various countries but we will place a particular emphasis on American representations. Central to our investigation will be to question how different times and places affect the way the Holocaust is depicted, what role memory plays, and the problems and limits of language.