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

Course Schedule