Remembering the Shoah and Second World War in German Third Generation Literature
In this article, the author examines how the Shoah and Second World War are remembered in German third-generation literature. After contextualising third-generation literature in contemporary debates about memory, she offers readings of three paradigmatic works: Vanessa F. Fogel’s Sag es mir [Tell m...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Teksty Drugie
2024
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | In this article, the author examines how the Shoah and Second World War are remembered in German third-generation literature. After contextualising third-generation literature in contemporary debates about memory, she offers readings of three paradigmatic works: Vanessa F. Fogel’s Sag es mir [Tell me] (2010), Channah Trzebiner’s Die Enkelin oder Wie ich zu Pessach die vier Fragen nicht wusste [The granddaughter or how I didn’t know the four questions during Passover] (2013), and Johannes Böhme’s Das Unglück schreitet schnell [Misfortune moves quickly] (2019). She identifies self-reflexivity as an essential narrative strategy in the writings of third-generation authors. Their self-reflection and self-positioning as grandchildren open meta-perspectives in thinking about the possibilities of remembering the Shoah and the Second World War by succeeding generations. The remembered experience and the experience of remembrance become inseparable. |
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