AP/CCY 3688 3.00

Holocaust Literature of Children and Youth

In this seminar course, students examine motifs and themes in Holocaust literature about, for, and by children and adolescents: historical fiction, creative non-fiction, short stories, poetry, picturebooks, a graphic novel. The experience is guided by theoretical readings on interrupted child development, as well as interviews, art and reflections of grown-child survivors. Together with peers and professor, participants co-construct concepts that pertain to the world of childhood, empathy, cognitive and affective modes of resistance, silence, hiding, unfinishedness, and practices of collective memory.