Implementing Holocaust literature in Social Studies English and English Literature and Culture in Norwegian upper secondary schools

Abstract

This thesis looks at how the Holocaust can be taught about in the subjects Social Studies English and English Literature and Culture in Norwegian Upper Secondary Schools by reading personal narratives of the Holocaust: Maus by Art Spiegelman, Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance by Lawrence Sutin, The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick and the poems Never Shall I Forget by Elie Wiesel, Shipment to Maidanek by Ephraim Fogel, Holocaust by Charles Reznikoff, Leaving You and I Keep Forgetting by Lily Brett and Riddle by William Heyen. The thesis deals with how the topic is best studied with the aid of the literature mentioned, thus examining how the students should be organized into groups to each study one book/set of poems, and how the literature should be analyzed from an educational perspective.