Mary Catherine Mueller

The Holocaust Short Story

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book thoroughly introduces both the genres of the short story, and of holocaust writing, explaining the key features and theories in the area. Each chapter then looks at the stories in detail, including work by: Ida Fink, Tadeusz Borowski, Rokhl Korn, Frume Halpern, and Cynthia Ozick

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1900
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9780367339197
• ISBN-10: 0367339196
• Artikelnr.: 58341385

Autorenporträt

Mary Catherine Mueller, Ph.D., teaches Holocaust Literature at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Mueller has presented her work in the field of Holocaust studies to scholars, educators, and human rights advocates around the world. Her research and writings examine representations of the Holocaust in art, culture, and memory; Jewish studies; anti-Semitism; and representations of the Holocaust in literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: the features of the Holocaust short story
1. The collapse of time: introduction to select themes of the Holocaust
short story
2. The collapse of silence: the role of silence in Ida Fink's short stories
3. The collapse of man - and then man created the anti-man: the role of the
Muselman figure in select short stories from Tadeusz Borowski's This Way
for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
4. The collapse of relationships and home: the Nazi assault on
relationships, family, and home as portrayed in two Yiddish Holocaust short
stories
5. The collapse of motherhood: Cynthia Ozick's short story "The Shawl"
Conclusion