Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2008), xi, 170 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 161-166, index
Series: Teaching the New English
ISBN 978-0-230-01936-2 (hbk); 978-0-230-01937-9 (pbk)
"The representation of the Holocaust in literature and film has confronted lecturers and students with some challenging questions. Does this unique and disturbing subject demand alternative pedagogic strategies? What is the role of ethics in the classroom encounter with the Holocaust? " (Publisher description)
Introduction / Robert Eaglestone and Barry Langford, 1
1 Issues Arising from Teaching Holocaust Film and Literature / Sue Vice and Gwyneth Bodger, 15
2 Holocaust Theory? / Robert Eaglestone, 28
3 The Role of Theories of Memory in Teaching Representations of the Holocaust / Anne Whitehead, 37
4 Teaching Holocaust Literature: Issues of Representation / Nicola King, 48
5 Mass Culture/Mass Media/Mass Death: Teaching Film, Television, and the Holocaust / Barry Langford, 63
6 “Representing the Holocaust”: an Interdisciplinary Module / Antony Rowland, 78
7 Teaching the Holocaust in French Studies: Questions of Mediation and Experience / Ursula Tidd, 91
8 History, Memory, Fiction in French Cinema / Libby Saxton, 102
9 Teaching Primo Levi / Rachel Falconer, 114
10 Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film to History Students: Teaching The Pawnbroker (1961/1965) / Tim Cole, 126
11 Sophie’s Choice: On the Pedagogical Value of the “Problem Text” / R. Clifton Spargo, 139
The Holocaust: Historical, Literary, and Cinematic Timeline, 156
1 Issues Arising from Teaching Holocaust Film and Literature / Sue Vice and Gwyneth Bodger, 15
2 Holocaust Theory? / Robert Eaglestone, 28
3 The Role of Theories of Memory in Teaching Representations of the Holocaust / Anne Whitehead, 37
4 Teaching Holocaust Literature: Issues of Representation / Nicola King, 48
5 Mass Culture/Mass Media/Mass Death: Teaching Film, Television, and the Holocaust / Barry Langford, 63
6 “Representing the Holocaust”: an Interdisciplinary Module / Antony Rowland, 78
7 Teaching the Holocaust in French Studies: Questions of Mediation and Experience / Ursula Tidd, 91
8 History, Memory, Fiction in French Cinema / Libby Saxton, 102
9 Teaching Primo Levi / Rachel Falconer, 114
10 Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film to History Students: Teaching The Pawnbroker (1961/1965) / Tim Cole, 126
11 Sophie’s Choice: On the Pedagogical Value of the “Problem Text” / R. Clifton Spargo, 139
The Holocaust: Historical, Literary, and Cinematic Timeline, 156
