Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film

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

• Series Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction; R.Eaglestone & B.Langford Issues Arising from Teaching Holocaust Film and Literature; S.Vice & G.Bodger Holocaust Theory?; R.Eaglestone The Role of Theories of Memory in Teaching Representations of the Holocaust; A.Whitehead Teaching Holocaust Literature: Issues of Representation; N.King Mass Culture/Mass Media/Mass Death: Teaching Film, Television and the Holocaust; B.Langford 'Representing the Holocaust': An Interdisciplinary Module; A.Rowland Teaching the Holocaust in French Studies: Questions of Mediation and Experience; U.Tidd History, Memory, Fiction in French Cinema; L.Saxton Teaching Primo Levi; R.Falconer Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film to History Students: Teaching The Pawnbroker (1962/1965); T.Cole Sophie's Choice : On the Pedagogical Value of the 'Problem Text'; R.C.Spargo Timeline Bibliography Index