BONDED TO MEMORY: TERRACOTTA OVENS OF MY CHILDHOOD BY ELITE OLSHTAIN
BONDED TO MEMORY: TERRACOTTA OVENS OF MY CHILDHOOD BY ELITE OLSHTAIN
Author(s): Dana RadlerSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Czernowitz;memoir;identity;trauma;exile;(re)mediation;
Summary/Abstract: Silhouettes, silence, guilt and conflict permeate the memoir by EliteOlshtain, a genuine life-testimony of her childhood spent in Czernowitz and Romaniabefore and after World War II. How is one’s identity fragmented when war cuts theexistential route of a prosperous and caring family? Where is the victim and who isthe heroine? This paper explores trauma, identity and gender rooted in a remediatedframe which captures imprints coming closer to the reader, or remains at distance,making the narrative poignant or as diffuse as an aquarelle.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 24/2018
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 179-188
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
