La Shoah dans la littérature de la « deuxième génération »
The emergence of the second generation of post-Holocaust German authors in the 1980s represented the turning of a page in the history of German Holocaust literature. These writers broke with the previous generation’s practice of using the Holocaust to define themselves. They demonstrate a growing aw...
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| Formaat: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Taal: | Français |
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2014
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| Online toegang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Samenvatting: | The emergence of the second generation of post-Holocaust German authors in the 1980s represented the turning of a page in the history of German Holocaust literature. These writers broke with the previous generation’s practice of using the Holocaust to define themselves. They demonstrate a growing awareness of their own Jewish identity and maintain a critical perspective on their family history, while simultaneously taking into account their own socialization and existence in a society that often struggles with latent anti-Semitism. Looking at the work of Barbara Honigmann, Maxim Biller and Gila Lustiger, we analyze how evidence of this approach can be seen in certain storytelling techniques and the use of the language of the executioners. We also discuss other works written by non-Jewish authors, including Hanns-Josef Ortheil, Bernhard Schlink and W.G. Sebald, who have tried to free themselves from the rigid way of writing that characterized the post-war decades. However, certain writing techniques that are essential to the work of Jewish authors, such as irony and satire, remain taboo for these non-Jewish writers. |
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