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LIT 499-02 Spring 2019

LIT 499-02: The Holocaust and Memory
Professor: Friedman
Meetings: Wednesday 8:00am-10:50am

In this capstone on The Holocaust and Memory, we will examine how the Holocaust is remembered in novels, memoirs, and film.  [We will investigate how the traumatic experiences and history of the Holocaust are transmitted to subsequent generations and how, as Marianne Hirsch writes, they “constitute memories in their own right.”]  We will think about how representations of postmemorial writing relate to longstanding issues about Holocaust representation, such as determination of the authenticity of a Holocaust text and the question of limits to Holocaust representations.  We will also explore how these postmemories transmit trauma and how they transform the Holocaust and convey it to future generations.  In addition to looking at visual and print representations, we will be looking at theoretical writing about memory, traumatic transmission, authenticity and postmemory.

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