Avoiding evil in perpetrator fiction
TitelAvoiding evil in perpetrator fiction
Forfatter
Call numberS940.5318/005
Objektnummer05556ge
UdgivelsesstedLondon, England
UdgiverVallentine Mitchell
Udgivelsesår
2011
Målpp13-26
MaterialeArticle
NoterArticle from the journal 'Holocaust Studies: a journal of culture and history' Vol.17 No.2-3 Autumn/Winter 2011 pp13-26
Beskrivelse
The aim of this essay is to analyse how perpetrator fiction avoids dealing with the fundamental question of evil that reflection on the Holocaust evokes. Describes the ways in which this happens as 'swerves', as many of the fictions suggest that they will address this, but usually swerve away from the core problem. Includes in this elaboration a discussion of Jonathan Littell's novel 'The Kindly Ones'