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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Guilt, Forgiveness, and Moral Repair |
| Subtitle of host publication | A cross-cultural Comparison |
| Editors | Saskia Fischer, Maria-Sibylla Lotter |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. |
| Pages | 153-177 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9783030846107 |
| ISBN (print) | 9783030846091 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Abstract
This chapter discusses the challenges of forgiveness and reconciliation after 1945 but focuses primarily upon these themes within the realm of literature. An examination of Holocaust literature impressively illustrates primarily the possibilities—but also the pitfalls—of a poetics of forgiveness. I will outline two seemingly irreconcilable and opposing positions on the question of forgiveness in the literary approach toward the Holocaust. In addition, I will analyze the example of the scandal surrounding Wolfgang Koeppen’s book Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch (Jakob Littner’s Notes from a Hole in the Ground) to discuss not just the limits of a poetics of forgiveness but also the unique contribution that literature can offer in the discourse on reconciliation and moral repair.
Keywords
- Eva Mozes Kor, Guilt discourse after 1945, Max Czollek, Memory culture, Poetics of forgiveness, Reconciliation, Resentment, Ruth Klüger, Wolfgang Koeppen
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- General Arts and Humanities
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Guilt, Forgiveness, and Moral Repair: A cross-cultural Comparison. ed. / Saskia Fischer; Maria-Sibylla Lotter. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., 2022. p. 153-177.
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