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Catalog/Handbook 2018-2019 
    
Catalog/Handbook 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LIT 2174 - Literature of the Holocaust


3 hours Lecture, 3 credits
Lower-Division College Credit
Prerequisite(s): ENC 1102 or Permission of Instructor
AA Elective: Yes
This course provides a study of literary responses to the moral catastrophe of the Holocaust through various works including fiction, autobiographies, poetry, and essays by European and American writers. Emphasis is on analysis and interpretation of various prose and poetic forms, as well as students’ critical responses to them. The course explores the historical context of the Holocaust as well as shocking and uplifting non-fiction literature about those who survived within, perished in, or saved innocent people from the Nazi death camps.
 



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