La Shoah dans le roman de Bernhard Schlink, Le Liseur (1995). La perspective mémorielle allemande
Schlink’s novel is not about the Holocaust. It deals with the relationship between the post-war generation and that of their parents, who were involved with the Nazi regime. This frequently ambivalent exchange is the subject of the novel. Critics of The Reader accused Schlink of telling the story i...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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2014
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Zusammenfassung: | Schlink’s novel is not about the Holocaust. It deals with the relationship between the post-war generation and that of their parents, who were involved with the Nazi regime. This frequently ambivalent exchange is the subject of the novel. Critics of The Reader accused Schlink of telling the story in a historically inappropriate way and creating a problematic depiction of the inter-generational relationship. This article argues that the novel establishes Hanna Schmitz as an ambiguous figure, both a beloved person and a criminal. On the one hand, the fact that Hanna Schmitz inspires sympathy in the reader makes it easier for young people in Germany to discuss and grapple with the Nazis’ crimes. On the other hand, this approach frightens and unsettles descendants of the victims and the victims themselves, who had to face the perpetrators as murderers and brutal rulers. |
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