Voices of the Holocaust - AHX3002

Assessment 2: Written draft

Draft of sample entries in Learning Journal (typically the first three or four entries)

Assessment 1: Written plan

Essay plan

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

Written assignment

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Written assignment 

On this module we will study the Holocaust through the words of those who survived and/or bore witness to it. Bringing together both literary and historical perspectives, we will approach this bleak yet defining episode of human history in a unique interdisciplinary fashion, focusing on non-fictional texts such as memoirs, diaries, and verbatim theatre. By studying how those who witnessed the events of the Holocaust chose to put the experience into words, we will attempt to understand these events neither in terms of traditional history textbooks nor in terms of their representation in our culture, but in terms of some of the individual stories behind it. This will allow us better to grasp issues such as trauma, memorialisation, the relationship between testimony and truth, and the difficulties involved in putting the events of the Holocaust into words.

School of Arts and Humanities

This reading list is indicative only and will be updated via the Library to reflect latest scholarship, staff expertise and archival acquisitions. 
Celan, P., &amp; Felstiner, J. (1990). There was earth inside them. The American Poetry Review, 19(4), 31.
Glowacka, D. (2012). Disappearing traces: Holocaust testimonials, ethics, and aesthetics. University of Washington Press.

Levi, P., &amp; Rosenthal, R. (2013). The drowned and the saved. Abacus.
Pollin-Galay, H. (2018). Ecologies of witnessing: Language, place, and Holocaust testimony (1st ed.). Yale University Press.

Rosen, P., &amp; Apfelbaum, N. (2002;2001;). Bearing witness: A resource guide to literature, poetry, art, music, and videos by Holocaust victims and survivors. Greenwood Press.
Wiesel, E., &amp; Wiesel, M. (2008). Night. Penguin.

English Literature

AHX3002 - Voices of the Holocaust

Voices of the Holocaust

Be able to effectively communicate the outcomes of advanced independent study in written assignments.

Understand the complexity of the historical contexts of the Holocaust as inflected through the narratives of its victims.

Be able to engage in sophisticated interdisciplinary study

Be able to develop nuanced and sensitive personal perspectives on difficult topics

Understand the methodological challenges involved in the study of the Holocaust

Understand the nuances and critical implications of different genres and styles of writing about the Holocaust.