After testimony : the ethics and aesthetics of Holocaust narrative for the future /

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Imprint:Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2012]
©2012
Description:1 online resource (ix, 380 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Theory and interpretation of narrative
Theory and interpretation of narrative series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12868733
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Other authors / contributors:Lothe, Jakob, editor.
Suleiman, Susan Rubin, 1939- editor.
Phelan, James, 1951- editor.
ISBN:9780814270424
0814270425
9780814251829
081425182X
9780814211762
0814211763
9780814292778
0814292771
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"After Testimony: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Holocaust Narrative for the Future collects sixteen essays written with the awareness that we are on the verge of a historical shift in our relation to the Third Reich's programmatic genocide. Soon there will be no living survivors of the Holocaust, and therefore people not directly connected to the event must assume the full responsibility for representing it. The contributors believe that this shift has broad consequences for narratives of the Holocaust. By virtue of being "after" the accounts of survivors, storytellers must find their own ways of coming to terms with the historical reality that those testimonies have tried to communicate. The ethical and aesthetic dimensions of these stories will be especially crucial to their effectiveness. Guided by these principles and employing the tools of contemporary narrative theory, the contributors analyze a wide range of Holocaust narratives -- fictional and nonfictional, literary and filmic -- for the dual purpose of offering fresh insights and identifying issues and strategies likely to be significant in the future"--From publisher's description.
Other form:Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): After testimony. Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2012 9780814251829