Tue. Aug. 28:     Definitions, Assumptions and Critical Parameters
                         Introduction

Thu. Aug. 30:    Art vs. History: A Tenuous Relationship
                        Assigned Reading: Gilbert's The Holocaust: 19-49

Sun. Sep. 2:     Assigned Viewing: Maurice Philip Remy's
                                Hitler's Holocaust, parts 1-3

Mon. Sep. 3      The Holocaust: An Historical Overview
                      Assigned Reading:  Gilbert's The Holocaust: 50-65
                       Defining Fascism
                       Christian Antisemitism

Tue. Sep. 4      Holocaust Literature & Poetry
                     Assigned Reading:  Ozick's The Shawl (e-res)
                             & Celan's Todesfugue (e-res)
                             Assigned Reading:  Gilbert's The Holocaust: 66-98
                       Cynthia Ozick
                       Paul Celan

Thu. Sep. 6:     In Search of Synthesis
                      Assigned Reading:  Art Spiegelman's Maus (e-res)
                      & D.C. Comic's Superman (e-res)
                              Assigned Reading:  Gilbert's The Holocaust: 99-136
                      Art Spiegelman

Sun. Sep. 9:     Assigned Viewing: Maurice Philip Remy's
                                Hitler's Holocaust, parts 4-6

Mon. Sep. 10:    Holocaust Drama: An Overview
                       Assigned Reading: Gilbert's The Holocaust: 137-212
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Tue. Sep. 11:     Ghetto & Martyr Drama I:
                        Assigned Reading:  Shimon Wincelberg's Resort 76
                       Assigned Reading:  Gilbert's The Holocaust: 295-328
                      Lodz Ghetto Info

Thu. Sep.13:    Ghetto & Martyr Drama  II:
                      Assigned Reading: Edith & Harold Lieberman's Throne of Straw
                     Assigned Reading:  Gilbert's The Holocaust: 329-351
 

Sun. Sep. 16:     Assigned Viewing: Alan Adelson and Kathryn Taverna’s
                               Lodz Ghetto

Mon. Sep. 17:   Ghetto & Martyr Drama III:
                        Assigned Reading:  Joshua Sobol's Ghetto
                       Guide to Sobol's Ghetto
                        Assigned Reading: Gilbert's The Holocaust: 352-372
                        Vilna Ghetto Info (1)
                        Vilna Ghetto Info (2)

Tue. Sep. 18:     CLASS CANCELLED

Thu. Sep. 20:     Discussion/Summation: Ghetto & Martyr Drama
                         PAPER I DUE
 

Sun. Sep. 23:     Assigned Viewing: Frank Pierson's
                                      Conspiracy

Mon. Sept. 24:   Deathcamp Drama
                        Assigned Reading: Friedrich's The Kingdom of Auschwitz
                        Auschwitz Info
                        Map of Birkenau

Tue. Sept. 25:    Deathcamp Drama I: Absurd Comedy
                       Assigned Reading:  Peter Barnes' Auschwitz
                      Barnes on Auschwitz
                       Assigned Reading: Gilbert's The Holocaust: 373-401

Thu. Sept. 27:  CLASS CANCELLED

Sun. Sept. 30:     Assigned Viewing: Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List
                        Teaching Guide to Schindler's List

Mon: Oct. 1:    Deathcamp Drama II: Testimony
                        Assigned Reading:  Charlotte Delbo's Who Will Carry The Word?
                        Assigned Reading: Gilbert's The Holocaust: 402-418

Tue. Oct. 2:     Death Camp Drama III: Symbolic Representation
                      Assigned Reading: Josef Szajna's Replika
                      In Class Viewing: Jerzy Grotowski's Akropolis
                      Assigned Reading: Gilbert's The Holocaust: 419-465
                             Grotowski Obituary

Thu. Oct. 4:    Death Camp Drama IV: Surreal Experimentation
                      Assigned Reading: George Tabori's The Cannibals
                             Assigned Reading: Gilbert's The Holocaust: 466-493

Thu. Oct. 11:   Survival Drama
                     Assigned Reading:  Gilbert's The Holocaust: 494-525
                     PAPER II DUE

Sun. Oct. 14:     Assigned Viewing:  Paul Mazursky's
                              Enemies, A Love Story

Mon. Oct. 15:     Discussion: Enemies, A Love Story

Tue. Oct. 16:    Survival Drama I:
                      Assigned Reading: Gilles Segal's The Puppermaster of Lodz
                       Assigned Reading: Gilbert's The Holocaust:784-810
                     The Avalon Project: Nuremberg Testimony
                      The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Thu. Oct. 17:   Survival Drama II:
                     Assigned Reading: Paul Margulies' The Model Apartment
                     Assigned Reading: Helen Epstein's Children of the Holocaust
                      Children of Survivors

Sun. Oct. 21:     Assigned Viewing:  Mark Jonathan Harris'
                            Into the Arms of Strangers: Kindertransport

Mon. Oct. 22:    Discussion:  Into the Arms of Strangers: Kindertransport

Tue. Oct. 23:     Children and the Holocaust
                        Assigned Reading: Lilliane Atlan's Mister Fugue or Earth Sick

Thu. Oct. 25:     MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Sun. Oct. 28:     Assigned Viewing: Agnieszka Holland’s Europa Europa

Mon. Oct. 29:    European Perspectives
                         Discussion: Europa Europa

Tue. Oct. 30:   National Perspectives, British I
                     Assigned Reading: Howard Brenton's H.I.D. (Hess Is Dead)

Thu. Nov. 1:    National Perspectives, British II
                     Assigned Reading: Hampton's The Portage toSan Cristobal of A.H.

Sun. Nov. 4:     Assigned Viewing:  Louis Malles' Au Revoir, Les Enfants
 

Mon.Nov. 5:    National Perspectives, French I
                       Discussion Au Revoir, Les Enfants
                      Vichy France

Tue. Nov. 6:      National Perspectives, French II
                      Assigned Reading: Jean-Claude Grumberg's The Free Zone
 

Thu. Nov. 8:    National Perspectives, French III
                     Assigned Reading:  Jean-Claude Grumberg's The Workroom

Sun. Nov. 11:     Assigned Viewing: Michael Verhoeven's The Nasty Girl

Mon. Nov. 12:     National Perspectives, German I
                          Discussion:  The Nasty Girl

Tues. Nov. 13:   National Perspectives, German II
                      Assigned Reading: Erwin Sylvanus's Korczak and the Children
                      Januzs Korczak
                       Warsaw Ghetto Info
                       Warsaw Ghetto: A Memoir

Thu. Nov. 15:    National Perspectives, American
                      Assigned Reading:  James Schevill's Cathedral of Ice
                       PAPER III DUE
 

Sun. Nov. 18:     Assigned Viewing: de Sica's The Garden of the Fitzi-Continis

Mon. Nov. 19:  National Perspectives, Italian
                       Discussion: The Garden ofthe Fitzi-Continis
                       Vittorio de Sica
 

Tue. Nov. 20    Toward a Feminist Perspective
                      Assigned Reading:  Barbara Lebow's A Shayna Maidel

THANKSGIVING BREAK
 

Mon. Nov. 26:   The Holocaust & Homosexuality
                       Assigned Reading: Martin Sherman's Bent
                        Dachau Info
                        Gay Persecution

Tue. Nov. 27:    The Catholic Church & The Holocaust I
                        Assigned Reading:  Arthur Giron's Edith Stein
                        Edith Stein (1)
                        Edith Stein (2)

Thu. Nov. 29:   The Catholic Church & The Holocaust II
                      Assigned Reading: Rolf Hochhuth's The Deputy
                      Defense of Pius XII (1)

Mon. Dec. 3:       Summing Up