Traumatic Realism: The Demands of Holocaust RepresentationPresents a post-Holocaust view of contemporary culture. Examines, in particular, the question of realism as one of the central problematics that the Holocaust forces back into view. Pt. 1 (p. 17-96), "Modernism 'After Auschwitz', " discusses the philosophers Theodor Adorno and Maurice Blanchot. Pt. 2 (p. 97-177), "Realism in 'the Concentrationary Universe', " deals with the literary works of Ruth Klueger and Charlotte Delbo. Pt. 3 (p. 179-273), "Postmodernism, or 'the Year of the Holocaust', " deals with Philip Roth, Art Spiegelman, and Americanizing the Holocaust. Derives from Holocaust testimonies the concept of traumatic realism as a way of superseding the realist vs. anti-realist dichotomy. Stresses the relation between present and past, and a shift from events to their transmission, including in mass culture, via such forms as comic books, feature films, and museum exhibits. |
Contents
After Adorno Culture in the Wake of Catastrophe | 13 |
Before Auschwitz Maurice Blanchot From Now On | 47 |
REALISM IN THE CONCENTRATIONARY UNIVERSE | 71 |
The Barbed Wire of the Postwar World Ruth Klügers Traumatic Realism | 81 |
Unbearable Witness Charlotte Delbos Traumatic Timescapes | 115 |
POSTMODERNISM OR THE YEAR OF THE HOLOCAUST | 153 |
Reading Jewish Philip Roth Art Spiegelman and Holocaust Postmemory | 161 |
Touch an Event to Begin Americanizing the Holocaust | 195 |
After the Final Solution From the Jewish Question to Jewish Questioning | 227 |
Notes | 237 |
Bibliography | 261 |
Index | 277 |
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