Holocaust Literature: Schulz, Levi, Spiegelman and the Memory of the Offence

by Gillian Banner

Overview

The works of Bruno Schulz, Primo Levi and Art Spiegleman are examined in this evaluation of the dynamics of memory in relation to representations of the Holocaust. The compulsion to remember, the dilemmas of representation and the relationship between memory, knowledge and belief are examined. The book combines readings of individual works with a consideration of the varieties of memory and the particular problems inherent within Holocaust memory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780853033646
Publisher:	Vallentine Mitchell
Publication date:	02/25/2000
Series:	Parkes-Wiener Series on Jewish Studies Series
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgements	xii
1	Introduction	1
	Schulz, Levi, Spiegelman: why these three?	1
	Modes, and especially the question of fiction	5
	Terminology	6
2	Memory's Attributes	9
	The compulsion to remember	13
	Survivors' memories: happy ending or moral vacuum?	17
	Memory as preparation	23
3	Bruno Schulz	37
	Schulz and the Holocaust: inklings of catastrophe?	37
	Narrative and Contingency	43
	'August'	44
	'Visitation'	48
	'Pan'	49
	'Cinnamon Shops'	52
	'The Street of Crocodiles'	66
4	Primo Levi	87
	Levi and memory	87
	Ricordati: 'carried in the heart'	88
	Memory and If This is a Man	91
	'On the Bottom'	95
	'Chemical Examination'	99
	'The Canto of Ulysses'	104
	Memory and The Mirror Maker	108
	Memory and The Drowned and the Saved	115
	Memory at last	124
	Ricordati: 'carried in the heart'. Or carved in the heart?	126
5	Art Spiegelman	131
	'Reality is too complex for comics'	131
Maus I	'No one wants anyway to hear such stories'	135
Maus II	'More I don't need to tell you'	152
6	Conclusion: Remembering in Future	188
	Bibliography	197
	Index	205