EL30UT: ART AND ATROCITY: REPRESENTATIONS OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA (2020-2021)

How is the artist to respond when the virtual becomes the real and when words cannot carry the weight of trauma? How can an author avoid the accusations of voyeuristic prurience or crass opportunism when he or she attempts to re-present events of public violence? This multi-disciplinary course examines work from a wide range of modes, including fiction, poetry, film and graphic art, and looks at the difficulties of inscribing trauma and the ethics and praxis of remembrance. Key events covered include the Holocaust, the Sabra and Shatila massacre, 9-11, the Gulf War and the conflict in the Balkans.

• Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4
• English (EL)
• Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

• EL35UT Art and Atrocity: Representations of Violence and Trauma (Studied)
• EL45UR Representations of Violence: Putting the Art Back in Atrocity (Studied)