The Holocaust in Context:

Postwar Representations in Literature and Film

GER 260/CWL 271/ENG 268

This course examines cultural representations of the Holocaust in literature, film, and critical essays. Starting out with a discussion of contemporary memory culture in the US and Germany, the course introduces students to the historical context of the Third Reich, the Holocaust, and the Second Word War. We then turn to a variety of postwar texts, including memoirs, poems, essays, memorials, documentary and feature film, to explore how Jewish and non-Jewish writers have dealt with issues of perpetration, survival, trauma, and memory in postwar German culture and beyond.

 When:        Summer Session I 05/13 – 06/07

Where:       134 Armory

Instructor:  Dr. Isaac Tubb (ijtubb@illinois.edu)

CRN 35710            9:00 – 11:50   MTWR

Taught in English. All texts will be provided in English translation.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a Literature and Arts, Advanced Composition, and Western Comparative Culture course.