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The course will examine how memory and literature about the Holocaust have developed in France. After mapping key shifts and tensions in this field, it will look at a range of literary texts on the Holocaust and France’s Vichy regime, and will also consider questions of Jewish identity in the aftermath of these events, including from a contemporary perspective.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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How do people and nations deal with a past event such as the Holocaust? How is it narrated and remembered? This module sets out to analyse how French literature represents a difficult past and how these narratives relate to matters of identity and to broader social, cultural and literary contexts. The module will look critically at representations and constructions of the past and at their underlying assumptions. It will discuss different types of memory and their role and use in contemporary society, including in terms of transmission and identity construction. These concepts will be applied to a range of selected case-studies.
The course will cover the following topics through a combination of lectures and seminars:
- History, memory and literature
- Representation of historical disasters and traumas
- Memory and representation of the Vichy régime
- Memory and representation of the Holocaust
- Post-memory and Jewish identity in contemporary literature
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 31 | Feedback Weeks | 34 | |
| Feedback |
Students will deliver formative oral group presentations (week 7) on key concepts in memory studies, and, following feedback, will apply their selected concept to a case study in an individual assessed 1,000 word report (submitted in week 9). Individual and group written feedback provided on coursework. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of: key analytical concepts in the field of literary and memory studies and their application to selected case studies |
| Conceptual | Understand | You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of: the social, public and literary functions and uses of history and memory, with particular attention to national and minority identity politics |
| Factual | Analyse | You will demonstrate an ability to synthesise material from disparate sources and to take account of the wider cultural context of the topic under consideration |
| Procedural | Apply | You will apply critical reading skills to various cultural, literary, filmic, sociological and anthropological texts |
| Procedural | Apply | You will conduct independent investigations using basic research methodology |
| Procedural | Apply | You will acquire habits for autonomous learning, independently applying insights gained on the course to unfamiliar material |
| Procedural | Create | You will articulate your views in speech and writing using the appropriate discourse for the subject |
| Procedural | Evaluate | You will select, evaluate and organise primary and secondary material |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 40 | Feedback Weeks | 43 | |
| Feedback | Word Count | 3000 | ||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of: The representation of testimony, post-memory and second or third generation narratives |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of: The role of literature in terms of identity- and nation-building processes. |
| Factual | Analyse | You will demonstrate an ability to synthesise material from disparate sources and to take account of the wider cultural context of the topic under consideration |
| Procedural | Apply | You will acquire habits for autonomous learning, independently applying insights gained on the course to unfamiliar material |
| Procedural | Apply | You will conduct independent investigations using basic research methodology |
| Procedural | Apply | You will apply critical reading skills to various cultural, literary, filmic, sociological and anthropological texts |
| Procedural | Create | You will articulate your views in speech and writing using the appropriate discourse for the subject |
| Procedural | Evaluate | You will select, evaluate and organise primary and secondary material |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | You will conduct independent investigations using basic research methodology |
| Conceptual | Understand | You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of: the social, public and literary functions and uses of history and memory, with particular attention to national and minority identity politics |
| Conceptual | Apply | You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of: key analytical concepts in the field of literary and memory studies and their application to selected case studies |
| Procedural | Evaluate | You will select, evaluate and organise primary and secondary material |
| Procedural | Create | You will articulate your views in speech and writing using the appropriate discourse for the subject |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of: The role of literature in terms of identity- and nation-building processes. |
| Procedural | Apply | You will apply critical reading skills to various cultural, literary, filmic, sociological and anthropological texts |
| Conceptual | Analyse | You will acquire a knowledge and understanding of: The representation of testimony, post-memory and second or third generation narratives |
| Factual | Analyse | You will demonstrate an ability to synthesise material from disparate sources and to take account of the wider cultural context of the topic under consideration |
| Procedural | Apply | You will acquire habits for autonomous learning, independently applying insights gained on the course to unfamiliar material |
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