Module GERM3151: DEALING WITH THE HOLOCAUST IN POST-WAR GERMAN CULTURE

Department: Modern Language and Cultures (German)

GERM3151: DEALING WITH THE HOLOCAUST IN POST-WAR GERMAN CULTURE

Prerequisites

• German Language 2 (GERM2021) or an equivalent qualification to the satisfaction of the Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Corequisites

• Modern Languages, Combined Honours and all Joint and 'with' programmes: German Language 4 (GERM3071) or German Language 4 following Year Abroad (GERM3211). Other: see Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To acquaint students with the responses of German-speaking writers, filmmakers, historians, political theorists and journalists to the Holocaust, and the debates surrounding the Holocaust in post-war Germany and Austria.

Content

• The course will consist of the following subject areas, of which only three will be offered in any given year: Drama, Prose Fiction, Revisionism in Popular and Political Discourse, Film, Post-Holocaust National Identity, Denial of 'Kollektivschuld'/Denial of the Holocaust, the 'Historikerstreit', Memorialsisation (the 'Mahnmal-und Museumdebatten'), The Holocaust and the post-war German Left.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students will have gained:
• an historical overview of German-language responses to the Holocaust,
• in-depth knowledge of a selection of landmark cultural products within this field.

• Enhanced comprehension of written/spoken German.
• Enhanced interpretative skills in a range of media and ability to express these in appropriate spoken and written forms of the target language.

• an ability to formulate clear arguments, and use both contextual and methodological knowledge in order to elucidate a corpus of literary, historical, and journalistic texts.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The teaching on this module will be in German, and will involve a combination of plenary lectures and seminars.
• Lectures will provide information about the historical context and introduce methodological issues.
• In seminars, students will have the opportunity to present and discuss the central questions arising from their reading of a range of texts.
• In both oral discussion and in summative assessed work, students will be able to demonstrate their ability to formulate clear arguments, and use both contextual and methodological knowledge in order to elucidate a corpus of literary, historical, and journalistic texts.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University