Images of front concentrationism in the work of Vasaili Grossman (Life and Destiny) and Boris Pahor (Necropola). Literature as history and memory Cover Image

Imagini ale concentraționismului de front în opera lui Vasili Grossman („Viață și destin”) și Boris Pahor („Necropola”). Literatura ca istorie și memorie
Images of front concentrationism in the work of Vasaili Grossman (Life and Destiny) and Boris Pahor (Necropola). Literature as history and memory

Author(s): Cristian Chirca
Subject(s): Military history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Russian Literature, Slovenian Literature, Politics of History/Memory, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: literature; story; war; concentration camp;

Summary/Abstract: History and literature complement each other. In other words, a historical text has a literary dimension, and a literary text has a historical dimension. History tells about the past, but does not decipher its internal mechanisms. Literature, on the other hand, helps us understand how behaviors and identities are formed. History shows us the mistakes of the past, but does not give us enough elements to avoid repeating them. This is what literature does, and the works of Grossman and Pahor, representatives of two cultures - Russian and Slovenian - are an argument in this regard. These two authors present us with an image of war and one of the greatest horrors of the twentieth century, the concentration camp.

  • Issue Year: LVI/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 64-72
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian