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1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p105) : Next:131-287 | Prev:131-285
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd or 3rd year
Coordinator: Dr M Baker.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Objectives:
understand critical issues in the aftermath of the Holocaust and its impact on popular culture in specific contexts; analyse the effectiveness of cinema as a medium for representing history; interpret the scope and limits for representing the Holocaust in film and other kinds of texts.
Content:
Over the past five decades, filmmakers and novelists have struggled with the task of depicting the atrocities of the Holocaust. A variety of documentary and fictional films about the Holocaust will be viewed and considered in relation to the themes of memory and history. The subject will study the fate of the Holocaust in popular consciousness and the politics of memorialisation in different national contexts including Germany, Israel, France and America.
Assessment:
Written work done during the year will consist of class papers and essays of up to 5,000 words in total.
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p105) : Next:131-287 | Prev:131-285
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p131) : Next:131-287 | Prev:131-285
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr M Baker.
Contact: One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Objectives:
Understand critical issues in the aftermath of the Holocaust and its impact on popular culture in specific contexts; analyse the effectiveness of cinema as a medium for representing history; interpret the scope and limits for representing the Holocaust in film and other kinds of texts.
Content:
Over the past five decades, filmmakers and novelists have struggled with the task of depicting the atrocities of the Holocaust. A variety of documentary and fictional films about the Holocaust will be viewed and considered in relation to the themes of memory and history. The course will study the fate of the Holocaust in popular consciousness and the politics of memorialisation in different national contexts including Germany, Israel, France and America.
Assessment:
Written work done during the year will consist of class papers and essays of up to 5,000 words in total.
* Note that CONTACT, CONTENT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p131) : Next:131-287 | Prev:131-285
3. Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p123) : Next:131-287 | Prev:131-285
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd or 3rd year
Coordinator: Dr M Baker.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: One 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester, 1997
Objectives:
understand critical issues in the aftermath of the Holocaust and its impact on popular culture in specific contexts; analyse the effectiveness of cinema as a medium for representing history; interpret the scope and limits for representing the Holocaust in film and other kinds of texts.
Content:
Over the past five decades, filmmakers and novelists have struggled with the task of depicting the atrocities of the Holocaust. A variety of documentary and fictional films about the Holocaust will be viewed and considered in relation to the themes of memory and history. The subject will study the fate of the Holocaust in popular consciousness and the politics of memorialisation in different national contexts including Germany, Israel, France and America.
Assessment:
Written work done during the year will consist of class papers and essays of up to 5,000 words in total.
* Note that SEMESTER differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p123) : Next:131-287 | Prev:131-285
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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