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The aim is to explore how narratives of the Holocaust are constructed and their interpretation affects understanding.

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March 1, 1989

Writing and rewriting the Holocaust: narrative and the consequences of interpretation

Key Points

The aim is to explore how narratives of the Holocaust are constructed and their interpretation affects understanding.
Literary critique of Holocaust diaries, memoirs, and documentary texts.
Analysis of metaphor and rhetorical strategies in Holocaust representations.
Examination of various media forms including theater and film addressing the Holocaust.
Identified the transformation of Holocaust narratives into cultural archetypes.
Highlighted the impact of personal testimonies and literature on collective memory.
Explored how ideologies shape representations of Holocaust experiences.

Abstract

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Narrative and the Consequences of Interpretation I. Interpreting Literary Testimony 1. On Rereading Holocaust Diaries and Memoirs 2. From Witness to Legend: Tales of the Holocaust 3. Holocaust Documentary Fiction: Novelist as Eyewitness 4. Documentary Theater, Ideology, and the Rhetoric of Face II. Figuring and Refiguring the Holocaust: Interpreting Holocaust Metaphor 5. Names of the Holocaust: Meaning and Consequences 6. The Holocaust Becomes an Archetype 7. The Holocaust Confessions of Sylvia Plath 8. When Soldier-Poets Remember the Holocaust: Antiwar Poetry in Israel III. Texts of the Holocaust: A Narrative Critique Introduction 9. Holocaust Video and Cinemagraphic Testimony: Documenting the Witness 10. The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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