Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
East European Jewish Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
48,3 (2018) 372-390
Keywords:
Rolniḳayṭe, M. Criticism and interpretation
;
Russian fiction Jewish authors
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History and criticism
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
Abstract:
The article is concerned with three fictional works by the Soviet writer Masha Rol'nikaite: Tri vstrechi (Three Encounters, 1970), Privykni k svetu (Get Used to the Light, 1974), and Dolgoe molchanie (A Long Silence, 1981). It discusses how these texts fit within Soviet memorial culture of World War II. Rol'nikaite is used to illustrate the difficulties of commemorating the Holocaust in Soviet literature, and goes on to show how she confronted Soviet readers with topics such as the trauma of survival, the grey zone, and survivor's guilt in post-war Jewish culture. It emphasizes the aesthetic strategies she used for integrating these topics into a discourse that was indifferent and sometimes hostile to them.
DOI:
10.1080/13501674.2019.1566999
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