M.A. dissertation, University of Hong Kong, 1976. / Typewritten.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-432) and a discography.

published_or_final_version / History / Master / Master of Philosophy

Elie Wiesel's work has its roots in the concentrationary universe. Wiesel, the survivor, has committed himself to the role of witness. This thesis attempts to clarify the uncertain position of what could be called the "literature of testimony" considered midway between on the one hand, a formal literature, which tends to be out of touch with its "subject", and on the other hand, the writing of "reportage" and history. The study is divided into three chapters. In the first one we will examine the act of bearing witness and the act of writing. In the second chapter, we will analyse the components of bearing witness in Elie Wiesel's writings regarding to the enunciation and commitment, the pragmatic aspect and the difference between bearing witness and reporting. Finally, the narrative La Nuit will be at the centre of our analysis of Wiesel's work.

A vast amount of literature has been published about Germany's campaign in Russia during the Second World War. New attention has been focused on the role played by indoctrination in the conduct of the ideological war. / This thesis examines the thematic content of the German Armed Forces circular Mitteilungen fur die Truppe for a period that coincides with the climactic confrontation on the Eastern Front. It illustrates the presence of a coherent propaganda policy designed to boost troop resilience. / The data have been derived from copies of the primary source, namely part of the captured German records microfilmed at Alexandria, Virginia. The evidence is augmented through other primary and secondary sources.

The following thesis is a work of cultural psychoanalysis in an era properly defined as "post-Holocaust". It begins with an extensive working through of Lacanian concepts, followed by an examination of fantastical appropriations of the trauma of the Holocaust---fantasies that serve as the very frame of our reality, or rather, hyperreality. After a further working through of the relations between the crypt and the unconscious (partially through a reading of Hamlet), the thesis then brings in Marshall McLuhan and Jean Baudrillard to help further elucidate some of the key arguments.

Thesis (M.A.)--Cincinnati Christian University, 2006. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-149).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of History, Faculty of Arts, 2003. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-78).

Thesis (B.A.Hons.) from the Department of History, University of Adelaide.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, School of Behavioural Science, 2002. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 209-228).