Date of Award
5-2013
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Communication
Advisor/Committee Chair
Alan Zemel
Abstract
In this paper, I use discourse analytic procedures informed by conversation analysis to understand the testimony of Holocaust witnessing. This is important because, in looking at Holocaust witness testimony, we can understand how witnesses use specific tactics to prove their ownership of a certain experience and event that has occurred, and make that experience available for his or her audience. I use video testimony, produced transcripts of that testimony, and analyzed the two. My conclusions are drawn from this evidence to explain how Edith sequentially builds her narrative. In doing so, we can see her stories as specific and different from other forms of storytelling.
Recommended Citation
Steinberg, Ashley, "Witnessing the Holocaust: More Than Just a Story" (2013). Communication. 9.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/honorscollege_communication/9