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The Conscience of Humankind
International Comparative Literature Association. Congress
Elrud Ibsch
其他書名
Literature and Traumatic Experiences
出版
Rodopi
, 2000
主題
History / Europe / General
Literary Criticism / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
Social Science / Human Geography
Social Science / Popular Culture
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Regional Studies
ISBN
9789042004207
9042004207
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eYhgf_Y90soC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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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.