Proceedings of the XVth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association - "Literature as Cultural Memory": Conscience of Humankind: Literature and Traumatic Experiences v. 3: 27/3 - Brossura

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9789042004207: Proceedings of the XVth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association - "Literature as Cultural Memory": Conscience of Humankind: Literature and Traumatic Experiences v. 3: 27/3
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ISBN 10: 9042004207 ISBN 13: 9789042004207
Casa editrice: RODOPI, 2000

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The traumatic experiences of persecution and genocide have changed traditional views of literature. The discussion of historical truth versus aesthetic autonomy takes an unexpected turn when confronted with the experiences of the victims of the Holocaust, the Gulag Archipelago, the Cultural Revolution, Apartheid and other crimes against humanity. The question is whether - and, if so, to what extent - literary imagination may depart from historical truth. In general, the first reactions to traumatic historical experiences are autobiographical statements, written by witnesses of the events. However, the second and third generations, the sons and daughters of the victims as well as of the victimizers, tend to free themselves from this generic restriction and claim their own way of remembering the history of their parents and grandparents. They explore their own limits of representation, and feel free to use a variety of genres; they turn to either realist or postmodernist, ironic or grotesque modes of writing.

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Editore
RODOPI
Data di pubblicazione
2000
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
9042004207
ISBN 13 
9789042004207
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
423
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