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Elie Wiesel
LW224
| TUE |
| 25 |
| OCT |
Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel is famous for his writing that serves as a searing memorial to the lost. He wrote that “memory is a passion no less powerful than love”. We will explore his work which, despite the nightmare he endured, is full of Jewish learning, laughter and love.
25 October - Introduction: Life, an iconic figure.(‘All Rivers Run To The Sea’ and ‘And The Sea Is never Full’, Weisel, 1995,1999).
1 November -‘Night’ (1958/1960). Auschwitz, where was God? Where was Man?
8 November - ‘Dawn’ (1961). The aftermath and political action
15 November - ‘Le Jour’ (1962), ‘the Accident’/‘Day’ Depression and suicide
22 November - ‘The Town Beyond the Wall’ (1964). Sanity and madness. ‘The Gates of the Forest’ (1966) Faith and Friendship.
29 November - ‘Ani Maamin’ (1973). A song and an achievement, lost and found.
25 October - Introduction: Life, an iconic figure.(‘All Rivers Run To The Sea’ and ‘And The Sea Is never Full’, Weisel, 1995,1999).
1 November -‘Night’ (1958/1960). Auschwitz, where was God? Where was Man?
8 November - ‘Dawn’ (1961). The aftermath and political action
15 November - ‘Le Jour’ (1962), ‘the Accident’/‘Day’ Depression and suicide
22 November - ‘The Town Beyond the Wall’ (1964). Sanity and madness. ‘The Gates of the Forest’ (1966) Faith and Friendship.
29 November - ‘Ani Maamin’ (1973). A song and an achievement, lost and found.
Course Dates
- Tue 25th October 11
- Tue 1st November 11
- Tue 8th November 11
- Tue 15th November 11
- Tue 22nd November 11
- Tue 29th November 11