Ethical form : representation, identity, and responsibiltiy in A.M. Klein's The Second Scroll and Art Spiegelman's Maus
Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2007. English Language and Literature Bibliography: leaves 88-95. The event of the Holocaust persistently defies closure. As the years pass away from that event, Holocaust narratives remain a crucial agent of remembrance. A.M. Klein's novel Th...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses5/48139 2023-05-15T17:23:28+02:00 Ethical form : representation, identity, and responsibiltiy in A.M. Klein's The Second Scroll and Art Spiegelman's Maus George, Amanda, 1980- Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of English Language and Literature Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 2007 x, 95 leaves : ill. Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses5/id/48139 Eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (136.13 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/George_Amanda.pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses5/id/48139 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Klein A. M. (Abraham Moses) 1909-1972. Second scroll--Criticism and interpretation Spiegelman Art. Maus--Criticism and interpretation Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945) in literature Text Electronic thesis or dissertation 2007 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:22:53Z Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2007. English Language and Literature Bibliography: leaves 88-95. The event of the Holocaust persistently defies closure. As the years pass away from that event, Holocaust narratives remain a crucial agent of remembrance. A.M. Klein's novel The Second Scroll (1948) and Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus (1980-1991) add to the rich body of Holocaust literature in unique ways. Both writers create hybridized forms of fiction through which to represent the Holocaust and its resultant emotional effects, and both assume a set of ethical responsibilities that are informed by their stylistic choices. Bringing Levinas' theory of ethical obligations to the Other to bear directly on the works of Klein and Spiegelman, this thesis shows that each writer attempts, as much as possible, to write in the service of truth and remembrance. In their prose experiments, Klein and Spiegelman repeatedly come face-to-face with the Other. The dynamic relationship between the formal properties of the texts and the authors' responsibilities to their projects creates an ethical, though not entirely resolved, discourse of meaning around the challenge of representing the Holocaust. Thesis Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) Moses ENVELOPE(-99.183,-99.183,-74.550,-74.550) |
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Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2007. English Language and Literature Bibliography: leaves 88-95. The event of the Holocaust persistently defies closure. As the years pass away from that event, Holocaust narratives remain a crucial agent of remembrance. A.M. Klein's novel The Second Scroll (1948) and Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus (1980-1991) add to the rich body of Holocaust literature in unique ways. Both writers create hybridized forms of fiction through which to represent the Holocaust and its resultant emotional effects, and both assume a set of ethical responsibilities that are informed by their stylistic choices. Bringing Levinas' theory of ethical obligations to the Other to bear directly on the works of Klein and Spiegelman, this thesis shows that each writer attempts, as much as possible, to write in the service of truth and remembrance. In their prose experiments, Klein and Spiegelman repeatedly come face-to-face with the Other. The dynamic relationship between the formal properties of the texts and the authors' responsibilities to their projects creates an ethical, though not entirely resolved, discourse of meaning around the challenge of representing the Holocaust. |
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