Certificate in Heritage Studies - Representations of the Holocaust: Remembrance CTMP 3322   Representations of the Holocaust: Remembrance
CREDIT HOURS: 3
(CTMP 3321.03 Representations of the Holocaust is not required. Basic knowledge of Holocaust facts and some familiarity with Holocaust literature is recommended.) This course focuses on memoirs and literary accounts of the Holocaust written several decades after the war, as well as on contemporary debates about the nature of Holocaust memory and commemoration. Of special interest is the struggle of both children and grandchildren of survivors and children and grandchildren of perpetrators to reckon with their parents’ and grandparents’ past. We will evaluate the burden of responsibility for the past postulated by these texts and consider how the Holocaust has been represented in literature, film, photography, and museum exhibits. We will look at Holocaust denial, with emphasis on anti-Semitism and white supremacy movements in Canada. Finally, we will consider the politics of Holocaust memory in comparative perspectives. This course includes excerpts from films, documentaries and other videotaped material, and illustrated lectures on Holocaust art.
FORMAT: Seminar