The Holocaust Films: A Genre Analysis Introduction Over the last fifty years, literally hundreds of films have been created on the subject of the Holocaust. ... The Holocaust: A Genre Analysis When choosing to create fictional films about the Holocaust, directors are burdened with the task of finding an appropriate language to convey the depths of emotion inextricably linked to the subject matter, as well conveying the story in a way which is both sympathetic and historically accurate. ... A poignant feature of the literary version of Anne Frank's Diary centred around th...

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Focusing principally, though not exclusively, on the film, television and music industries, in this course we will study literary and cinematic narratives dealing with fame and notoriety alongside academic and popular studies of celebrity in America in order to relate these many functions to each other in terms of both historical continuity and historical change over the course of the last century. ... Geoff King, in an astute and accessible analysis, traces the developments of the two New Hollywoods and exposes the degree to which they differ and resemble one another. ...

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Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. ... To conservatives it was impermissible to show society's flaws so brazenly, to liberals, they lacked analysis and a clear agenda for social change. ...

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Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. ... To conservatives it was impermissible to show society's flaws so brazenly, to liberals, they lacked analysis and a clear agenda for social change. ...

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The term 'genre' has been historically referred to as the classification of literary texts and forms. In modernity and postmodernity it has been extended beyond literary boundaries to encapsulate (among other 'art forms') the classification of film/cinema. ... 'No single interpretive procedure can ensure proper analysis of every individual work throughout an entire genre. ...

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