LEADER 03093cam a2200409Ia 4500001 77915 005 20240621173242.0 008 030107s2000 xx rb 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocm51318871 035 77915 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 PN56.H55 |bP385 2000 100 1 Pavelescu, Livia, |d1975- 245 10 Surviving the Holocaust : |bJean Améry and Primo Levi / |cby Livia Pavelescu. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c2000. 300 106 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2000. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-105). 520 This study is predicated on the assumption that there is a culture of the Holocaust in Austria and Italy and that its strongest manifestation is the literature of the Holocaust. The purpose of this thesis is twofold. First it determines a representative spectrum of reaction to the Holocaust by using two texts Se questo è un uomo (Survival in Auschwitz) and Jenseits von Schuld and Sühne (At the Mind's Limits) of two prominent writers, Primo Levi and Jean Améry. Secondly, the text-based analysis that forms the core of the thesis is grounded and tied to the historical context of the Austrian and Italian Jewry that I present in the second chapter of the manuscript. The discussion that follows tracks two representative Jewish Holocaust survivors, one Italian and one Austrian. Primo Levi's Holocaust work is analyzed not so much for its ethical implication or moral importance but for the ways in which Levi was able to craft a significant rhetoric of the Holocaust. Jean Améry's work is treated not only for the position of the intellectual in Auschwitz but also for his problematic feelings of confusion, namely the necessity and impossibility of being a Jew. Though Levi and Améry are quite distinct in terms of literary abilities and purposes in writing, their trauma is presented as a survivor's memoir. The final segment of this thesis compares the texts by the two authors in detail, while a brief conclusion situates Améry and Levi within the broader context of Holocaust survival memoirs. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2002. |e23 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Améry, Jean. 600 10 Levi, Primo, |d1919-1987. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |xInfluence. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=729104851&sid=46&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib77915/MQ52934.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 994 X0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hPN56.H55 |iP385 2000 852 |bwww 852 |bebook