Le Benevole. Riflessioni su storia e letteratura
Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat
Publishing Year 2009 Issue 2009/77
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 93-109 File size 91 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2009-077006
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Le Benevole. Riflessioni su storia e letteratura - In Les Bienveillantes. Reflections on History and Literature Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat discusses the relationship between history and literature on the Shoah, in particular through an analysis of Jonathan Littells highly successful novel, published initially in France and translated in other European countries. Looking back at earlier books on the same theme that failed to attract any attention, he concludes that Littells novel marks a new phase, with the Shoah seen through the person of the «executioner». Morbid or voyeuristic insistence on violence, like instrumental use of music or Greek tragedy, risks reducing the Shoah yet again to a commonplace, without respect for the historical truth and hence for the memory of the victims.
Key words: Literature, Nazism, Shoah, witnesses.
Parole chiave: Letteratura, nazismo, Shoah, testimoni.
Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat, Le Benevole. Riflessioni su storia e letteratura in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 77/2009, pp 93-109, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2009-077006