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‘Live. And remember’: History, memory and storytelling in young adult holocaust fiction
Literature & History ( IF 0.2 ) Pub Date : 2019-09-14 , DOI: 10.1177/0306197319870380
Vandana Saxena 1
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Young adult fiction has emerged as a crucial pedagogical tool for Holocaust education. According to scholars and writers, it promotes empathy and also encourages the readers to become a part of the process of remembering. However, this field of storytelling also grapples with the dilemma of traumatic subject matter and its suitability for young readers. The humanist conventions of young adult fiction are often in conflict with the bleak and horrifying core of Holocaust literature. Young adult novelists have tried to deal with these problematic aspects by using multiple narrative strategies to integrate the memories of genocide and human rights abuse with the project of growth and socialisation that lies at the heart of young adult literature. This paper examines the narrative strategies that make young adult fiction an apt bearer and preserver of the traumatic past. Specifically, these strategies involve fantastical modes of storytelling, liminality and witness testimonies told to the second- and third-generation listeners. These strategies modify the humanist resolution of young adult narratives by integrating growth with collective responsibility.

中文翻译:

'居住。并记住”:青年大屠杀小说中的历史、记忆和讲故事

青年小说已成为大屠杀教育的重要教学工具。根据学者和作家的说法,它促进了同理心,也鼓励读者成为记忆过程的一部分。然而,这个讲故事的领域也面临着创伤题材及其适合年轻读者的困境。青年小说的人文主义传统常常与大屠杀文学的凄凉和可怕的核心相冲突。年轻的成年小说家试图通过使用多种叙事策略将种族灭绝和侵犯人权的记忆与处于年轻成人文学核心的成长和社会化项目相结合来解决这些问题。本文考察了使青年小说成为创伤过去的恰当承载者和保存者的叙事策略。具体而言,这些策略涉及向第二代和第三代听众讲述的奇幻故事模式、阈限和证人证词。这些策略通过将成长与集体责任相结合来修改年轻人叙事的人文主义解决方案。
更新日期:2019-09-14
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