English 404: Special Topics
University of Idaho
Course Materials Using the Topic of the Holocaust

Instructor:  Gordon Thomas

Most recently taught:  Summer 1998  (Because these were special topics courses, they were different each time.)

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Syllabus for Summer 1998: Literature of the Holocaust (not really a writing course, but students did a lot of writing)
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Studying the Holocaust: Some Background Information About Judaism, Antisemitism, and World War II. This is a modified version of a chapter from a book manuscript, which you can view here.  For an annotated table of contents, go here.

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Some Background Information on the Origins of Eli Wiesel's Night.  This is a modified version of a chapter from a book manuscript, which you can view here.  For an annotated table of contents, go here.

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Four Approaches to Cynthia Ozick's The Shawl.

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Syllabus for Fall 1995:  The Holocaust:   Cultural, Ethical, and Historical Legacies (an interdisciplinary course offered to honors students)
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Writing Assignment that compares Night to Maus. (This was for the "Victims" portion of this course.)

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Writing Assignment on the Perpetrators.

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Writing Assignment on the Bystanders.

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