Holocaust Literature
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Overview
Subject area
ENG
Catalog Number
3810
Course Title
Holocaust Literature
Department(s)
Description
The Holocaust, the destruction of European Jewry, is often termed an unspeakable,unimaginable, and unrepresentable event. Through a selection of eyewitnesstestimony, novels, stories, poetry, and art, this course examines how such workscontribute to our understanding of history and literature and bear on some of themajor arguments and themes around Holocaust fiction and literature including theethics of representation; historical investigation vs personal accounts; differentnarrative forms; different generational accounts; responses to Holocaust narratives;and Holocaust denial. Authors may include, but are not limited to: Tadeusz Borowski;Paul Celan; Eva Hoffman; Imre Kertesz; Primo Levi; Art Spiegelman; and DanielMendelsohn. (Students may receive credit for ENG 3810, HIS 3810, or JWS 3810.These courses may substitute for each other in the F-grade replacement policy.)
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Requisites
032510