Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film (Teaching the New English) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230019374 ISBN 13: 9780230019379

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

In recent years, the proliferation of courses on the representation of the Holocaust in literature and film has confronted lecturers and students alike with some challenging and troubling questions. Is there a 'canon' of Holocaust representations? Are the conventional resources of literary and cinematic study adequate to dealing with the Holocaust, or does this unique and disturbing subject demand alternative pedagogic strategies? What is the role of ethics in the classroom encounter with the Holocaust? How is the diversity of relevant disciplinary perspectives bearing on Holocaust representations - from history and sociology to media studies and philosophical aesthetics - to be managed within the confines of a conventional degree programme? In this innovative and authoritative book, Holocaust scholars and teachers from the UK and US address these and other questions in a wide-ranging collection of specially commissioned essays, drawing on a wealth of practical experience in teaching Holocaust literature and film.

About this title

About the Author:

ROBERT EAGLESTON is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His publications include Ethical Criticism (1997), Doing English (1999, 2002) and The Holocaust and the Postmodern (2004).

BARRY LANGFORD is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His publications include Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond (2005). He has also written several screenplays, including the award-winning Holocaust-themed short film Torte Bluma (2005) and the feature Seven Blades of Grass (currently in production).

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0230019374
• ISBN 13: 9780230019379
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 181
• Editor: Eaglestone R., Langford B.