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082	0	0	_a809.933 _223/eng/20211203 _bHOM
100	1		_aHomer, Stephanie,
100	1		_d1992- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Kindertransport in literature : _breimagining experience / _cStephanie Homer.
260			_aOxford : _bPeter Lang Group AG, _c2022.
263			_a2201
300			_aviii, 243 pages :
490	0		_aExile studies, _x10720626 ; _vvol 20
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a Cover Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction The Kindertransport and Literary Genres Chapter 1 Kindertransport History and Memory Chapter 2 Memoirs: Representing the Self and Navigating Trauma Chapter 3 Autobiographical Fiction: Reimagining the Refugee Experience Chapter 4 Fiction: Negotiating History, Aesthetics, and the Reader Conclusion Literary Genres as Ways of Reading Experience Bibliography Index Series index
520			_a"'In this insightful book, Stephanie Homer interrogates how different genre conventions (memoir, autobiographical fiction and novels) influence the representation of the Kindertransport. Her theoretical approach is sophisticated, her selection of texts judicious and representative. Homer's contribution to the study of the reception history of the Kindertransport is important and timely.' - Professor William Niven, Professor of Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University With the dwindling number of Kindertransportees alive today, the living memory of this rescue operation is being transformed into cultural memory, a trend noticeable in the publication of popular Kindertransport fiction since the beginning of the twenty-first century. This change in memory invites the following questions: how is the child refugee's experience remembered, represented and reimagined in literature? And, consequently, what understanding of the Kindertransport is being transmitted to the following generations? Drawing on understandings of genre, narratology and empathy, this book examines works in English, German and Dutch from three literary genres: memoirs and autobiographical fiction by Kindertransportees and recent fiction by authors with no first-hand experience of the Kindertransport. This study exposes the various conventions, tensions and reader expectations attached to each genre and how these influence the author's construction of the text, their choice of stylistic and narrative devices and, in turn, the nature of the representation. This topical research engages in debates at the heart of current discussions on Holocaust and Kindertransport memory, such as the limits of representability, the 'unspeakability' of trauma, and issues of ethics and aesthetics in a post-survivor era"--
650		0	_aJewish refugees in literature.
650		0	_aJewish children in literature.
650		0	_aMemory in literature.
650		0	_aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
650		0	_aEnglish literature
650		0	_aGerman literature
650		0	_aDutch literature
650		0	_y21st century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_y21st century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_y21st century _xHistory and criticism.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHomer, Stephanie, 1992- _tKindertransport in literature _dOxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021] _z9781800791473 _w(DLC) 2021039639
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