Holocaust Literature: An Introduction

Introduces students to the major issues and debates in the study of Holocaust literature from a wide-range of genres, from life-writing to poetry and film.

List of contents

1. "Holocaust Literature": A Contested Category 2. Issues and Controversies 2.1. Authenticity and Objectivity, and the "Sacralization" of the Holocaust 2.2. Aesthetics of the Unspeakable 2.3. Trauma and Memory 2.4. National Memory and Collective Forgetting 2.5. Loss of Language and Identity 2.6. Translation and Other Mediation 3. Genres: Texts from those who experienced the Holocaust directly 3.1. Diaries and Journals 3.2. Memoirs 3.3. Fiction 3.4. Poetry 3.5. Drama 3.6. Film 4. Beyond Immediate Experience: In the Shadow of the Holocaust Further Reading Works Cited Index

About the author

Leonard Orr ist der Begründer der weltweit bekannten Atemtechnik Rebirthing. Unter seiner Leitung werden in USA Rebirther ausgebildet.

Product details

• Authors: Leonard Orr
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2013
• EAN: 9781441104595
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-0459-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies