Magical Realism and Allegory in Joseph Skibell's A Blessing on the Moon

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17250%2F17%3AA1801RVA" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17250/17:A1801RVA - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/137609" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/137609</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BSE2017-2-5" target="_blank" >10.5817/BSE2017-2-5</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Magical Realism and Allegory in Joseph Skibell's A Blessing on the Moon

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper analyzes Skibell's novel A Blessing on the Moon (1997), focusing on elements of the book's magical realism and allegory. It sets out to interpret Skibell's transposition of the Holocaust to his own experience as a representative of the post-Holocaust generation. Finally, the paper explores the ethical problems of this approach to the Holocaust - an approach that relies heavily on imagination. The interpretation of Skibell's novel demonstrates that the imaginative enactment of the tragic traumatic events cannot be dismissed as a mere appropriation of the Holocaust or as a form of "identity theft"; instead it must be seen as the author's genuine attempt to come to terms with the original trauma of his ancestors. In Skibell's case it is his great-grandfather Chaim Skibelski whose voice was silenced in the war and who becomes the protagonist of the novel.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Magical Realism and Allegory in Joseph Skibell's A Blessing on the Moon

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper analyzes Skibell's novel A Blessing on the Moon (1997), focusing on elements of the book's magical realism and allegory. It sets out to interpret Skibell's transposition of the Holocaust to his own experience as a representative of the post-Holocaust generation. Finally, the paper explores the ethical problems of this approach to the Holocaust - an approach that relies heavily on imagination. The interpretation of Skibell's novel demonstrates that the imaginative enactment of the tragic traumatic events cannot be dismissed as a mere appropriation of the Holocaust or as a form of "identity theft"; instead it must be seen as the author's genuine attempt to come to terms with the original trauma of his ancestors. In Skibell's case it is his great-grandfather Chaim Skibelski whose voice was silenced in the war and who becomes the protagonist of the novel.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60206 - Specific literatures

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Brno Studies in English

ISSN

0524-6881

e-ISSN

1805-0867

Svazek periodika

43

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

95-110

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85040787817