Representations of the the Holocaust in Literature & Film
Instructor: Al Filreis
Teaching Assistant: Jamie-Lee Josselyn

fall 2009
English 261.401 Tuesday/Thursday 1:30-3 PM
Arts Cafe, Kelly Writers House

course description

reading & screening schedule [PDF]

position papers and listserv responses

course staff and office hours

books to buy

listserv

materials:

four clips from Shoah

Shoah scene list

Heinrich Boll, "Across the Bridge" [PDF]

Al Filreis discusses "Gold" in Levi's The Periodic Table (link to page with downloadable mp3 audio file)

Paul Celan readings (#1)

Paul Celan reading ("Black Flakes") (#2)

survivor testimonies via the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

daugher of survivor finally hears her father's testimony

"Lessons in Hate"

Terrence Des Pres, "Lessons of the Holocaust" (PDF)

Pier Marton's Say I'm a Jew

former students discuss the course

Yale archive of video survivor testimonies' YouTube channel