THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN POST-HOLOCAUST FRENCH LITERATURE: THE WORKS OF MYRIAM ANISSIMOV
The question of identity has concerned Jews in France since the French Revolution when they were granted equal rights as French citizens. Key events such as the Dreyfus Affair, the 1967 Six Day War, and the Holocaust have forced French Jews to define their identity This article explores the impact o...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1990
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1990, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 205-216 |
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| Summary: | The question of identity has concerned Jews in France since the French Revolution when they were granted equal rights as French citizens. Key events such as the Dreyfus Affair, the 1967 Six Day War, and the Holocaust have forced French Jews to define their identity This article explores the impact of the Holocaust on the identity of the post-genocide generation in France, pointing to various responses such as déracinement, exclusion, loss, and guilt The fictional universe of one French Jewish writer, Mynam Anissimov, born in 1943, is then examined, in depth, to illustrate how the trauma of history has established its grip upon the literary imagination. In her novels, Anissimov recreates the climate of persecution and terror of the Shoah, particularly through the characterization of the protagonist, and ultimately, of the writer, as victim. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/5.2.205 |