TY  - GEN
T1  - Foregone conclusions : against apocalyptic history
T2  - Contraversions ;
A1  - Bernstein, Michael André, 1947-
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 1994
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1437898680
AB  - Criticizes "foreshadowing" in literary works on the Shoah which view it as inevitable, as a foreordained culmination of the entire brutal history of European antisemitism. States that the Shoah was not an unavoidable tragedy, in the literary sense, because the genocide was part of an ongoing political process, and the fate of individuals sometimes depended on their own resourcefulness or on "accidental" occurrences. The Jewish victims were deluded by wrong predictions and incorrect interpretations of events, but each victim perceived his situation differently, depending on his past history, religious belief, ideology, etc. Criticizes, therefore, "backshadowing" or judging victims as though they should have known what was to come. Favors "sideshadowing"--Writing with an awareness that events do not occur because of any logical or historical necessity. Discusses mainly fictional but also non-fictional writing on the Shoah.
OP  - 181
NO  - "A Centennial book."
CN  - PN56.H55 B47 1994eb
SN  - 9780520377745
SN  - 0520377745
SN  - 0520087852
SN  - 9780520087859
KW  - Apelfeld, Aharon. : Badenhaim, ʻir nofesh
KW  - Appelfeld, Aron / Badenhaim, ʻir nofesh
KW  - Appelfeld, Aron. : Badenhaim, ʻir nofesh
KW  - Badenhaim, ʻir nofesh (Apelfeld, Aharon)
KW  - Appelfeld, Aharon, : 1932-2018.
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
KW  - Victims in literature.
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) : Influence.
KW  - Jews : History : Philosophy.
KW  - Judaism and literature.
KW  - Holocauste, 1939-1945 : Influence
KW  - Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la littérature
KW  - Juifs : Histoire : Philosophie
KW  - Victimes dans la littérature
KW  - 17.93 themes and motives in literature
KW  - Languages & Literatures
KW  - Literature : General
KW  - Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la littérature.
KW  - Victimes dans la littérature.
KW  - Holocauste, 1939-1945 : Influence.
KW  - Juifs : Histoire : Philosophie.
KW  - Judaïsme et littérature.
KW  - 17.93 themes and motives in literature.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Political
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
KW  - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW  - Jewish philosophy
KW  - Judaism and literature
KW  - Victims in literature
KW  - Literatur
KW  - Judenvernichtung
KW  - Literaire thema's.
KW  - Joden.
KW  - Holocaust.
KW  - génocide : Juif : littérature : philosophie de l'histoire.
KW  - History
ER  -