Avoiding evil in perpetrator fiction
TitelAvoiding evil in perpetrator fiction
Verfasser
Call numberS940.5318/005
Inventarnummer05556ge
ErscheinungsortLondon, England
VerlagVallentine Mitchell
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
Formatpp13-26
MaterialArtikel
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust Studies: a journal of culture and history' Vol.17 No.2-3 Autumn/Winter 2011 pp13-26
Beschreibung
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'