LEADER 03121cam a2200409Ia 4500001 102584 005 20240621154038.0 008 050222s2004 xx rb 000 0 eng d 028 52 3127107 |bUMI 035 (OCoLC)ocm58556795 035 102584 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 PN56.3.E85 |bR66 2004 100 1 Ronell, Anna Petrov. 245 10 Literary recreations of the Eastern European past in contemporary Jewish fiction / |cby Anna Petrov Ronell. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c2004. 300 volumes, 320 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Brandeis University, 2004. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-320). 520 This dissertation lays down the groundwork for understanding a new literary trend that re-engages the Eastern European Jewish past. It provides a critical reading of six works produced in Israel and the Diaspora by young Jewish authors who themselves did not grow up in Yiddish-speaking pre-Holocaust Eastern Europe, but who creatively employ images of Eastern Europe to express a variety of contemporary dilemmas.I analyze significant examples of literary recreations of the Eastern European Jewish past from three bodies of literature: American-Jewish fiction, Russian-Jewish fiction, and Israeli fiction. Following an introductory overview, two chapters are devoted to each area: (1) Grigorii Kanovich's The Park of the Jews (1997) and Friedrich Gorenstein's Traveling Companions (1989); (2) David Grossman's See Under: Love (1986) and Itamar Levy's The Legend of the Sad Lakes (1989); (3) Rebecca Goldstein's Mazel (1995) and Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated (2002).While tracing the permutations of Eastern European imagery in contemporary fiction, my dissertation seeks to answer the question why at the end of the 20th Century Eastern European Jewish civilization still animates the literary imagination. In each case, I undertake a study of comparative literary properties, complex imageries, and cultural contexts. Special attention is paid to the issues of intertextuality, linguistic experimentation, and their incorporation of imagery and tropes from classical Yiddish literature. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2005. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Fiction |xJewish authors |xHistory and criticism. 651 0 Europe, Eastern |xIn literature. 650 0 Jews in literature. 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=765816671&sid=21&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib102584/3127107.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 994 C0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hPN56.3.E85 |iR66 2004 852 |bwww 852 0 |bebook