Increases awareness of how literature speaks to young children and engages them in language and learning experiences. 3 Sem Hrs Designed especially for students new to Holocaust studies. Covers the years 1933 to 1945, focusing on the role of perpetrators, victims, bystanders, and those involved in resistance and rescue. The student will do an in-depth study in one or more aspects of the literature or film of a country other than the United States. Includes class lectures and individual consultation.
Overseas study is an integral part of the course.
Expenses for travel and overseas study must be borne by the student. Develops an understanding of the cultures which produced the literature. Studies major movements and themes in American Literature after the age of Romanticism through the Age of Realism and New Directions. Studies trends, techniques, and themes in recent American novels and short stories. Requires reading, analyzing, and critiquing works of modern writers.