Breaking silences in the Aftermath of Holocaust trauma in Elie Wiesel's Day. Issue 3 (3rd July 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Breaking silences in the Aftermath of Holocaust trauma in Elie Wiesel's Day. Issue 3 (3rd July 2021)
- Main Title:
- Breaking silences in the Aftermath of Holocaust trauma in Elie Wiesel's Day
- Authors:
- Levin, Adam
- Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: This article employs a close reading of Elie Wiesel's third novel, Day (1961), as a lens through which to explore the difficulties inherent in disengaging from the Holocaust past and their impact on the Holocaust survivor's efforts to live in the present. In particular, The article explores how the novel's narrative employs silence, a key Wieselian symbol, in constructing its overarching framework. These textual silences, I suggest, portray the text's protagonist's inability to escape his past at the camps. It is only through transforming these silences into speech that he is able to truly begin to live in the present.
- Is Part Of:
- Holocaust studies. Volume 27:Issue 3(2021)
- Journal:
- Holocaust studies
- Issue:
- Volume 27:Issue 3(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 27, Issue 3 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0027-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 351
- Page End:
- 370
- Publication Date:
- 2021-07-03
- Subjects:
- Elie Wiesel -- day -- silence -- Holocaust trauma
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals
940.5318 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhos20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
http://vallentinemitchell.metapress.com/content/122369?sortorder=asc ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/17504902.2020.1744889 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1750-4902
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- Legaldeposit
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