Sensing the meaning, working towards the facts: drugie pokolenie a pamięć o Zagładzie w tekstach Bożeny Keff, Magdaleny Tulli i Agaty Tuszyńskiej
Sensing the Meaning, Working towards the Facts: The Second Generation and Memory of the Holocaust in works by Bożena Keff, Magdalena Tulli and Agata Tuszyńska
Author(s): Anja TippnerContributor(s): Katarzyna Adamczak (Translator)
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Literary Texts, Jewish studies, Fiction, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Family and social welfare, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Antisemitism
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Szoa; autobiografia; drugie pokolenie; lifewriting; trauma
Summary/Abstract: The article explores the concept of generation within the frame of autobiographical and autofictional writing on th Shoah by children of Shoah survivors. The study traces the history of the term „second generation” that has been coined in the 1980s and the implications of this concept for the autobiographical texts. The article states that the term is not only a way to configure (literary) history but also linked to a certain poetics of writing. The author then provides an analysis of the distinctive features of „second generation” texts by Eva Hoffman, Bożena Keff, Magdalena Tulli, and Agata Tuszyńska, highlighting typifications and domains of relevance.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 68-87
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish
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