Chronicle, Autobiography or Literary Text? Italian Testimonies of Flossenbürg Concentration Camp
| Autor: | Chiara Nannicini Streitberger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Literature
History Literature and Literary Theory business.industry Writing process Nazi concentration camps Biography 06 humanities and the arts 060202 literary studies Key (music) Flossenbürg concentration camp 0602 languages and literature Isolation (psychology) business Content (Freudian dream analysis) Period (music) |
| Zdroj: | Life Writing. 15:79-91 |
| ISSN: | 1751-2964 1448-4528 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14484528.2017.1239055 |
| Popis: | This article is based on a long-term research project about texts written and published between 1946 and 2011 by Italian survivors of the concentration camp Flossenburg. Even though their authors share the autobiographical experience, the point of departure and the justification of the writing process itself, it is striking how many different results can be observed in the written reconstruction in terms of form and content. Some accounts consist of a basic, chronological reconstruction of the period concerned, while others retrace the entire life (up to the writer’s present day) in which the terrible experience of the camp is a central event but not dealt with in isolation. Only a few authors have extended the simple ‘life chronicle’ to a general reflection on human experience. The aim of this paper is to offer a detailed analysis of these three different types of works, which, beyond the Flossenburg accounts, may also serve as a key to a better understanding of written testimonies in general. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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