Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
English
First Advisor's Name
Michael P. Gillespie
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Asher Z. Milbauer
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Third Advisor's Name
Ana Luszczynska
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Keywords
English language and literature, Ethnomusicology, European languages and societies, Jewish studies, Modern literature, Slavic languages and societies
Date of Defense
3-16-2015
Abstract
This thesis compares two perspectives on the production of Holocaust memory: a novel that leads up to The Holocaust in Britain and one that reflects the hindsight perspective of a liberator in the Soviet Union. The novels are Virginia Woolf’s BETWEEN THE ACTS and Vasily Grossman’s LIFE AND FATE. The analysis offers a locus of analysis for the diasporic literary energy created by the catastrophe in the 20th and 21st centuries. The project offers a theorized standpoint on the role of literature on official historical archives. Proposing a method through which contemporary readers can engage the diasporic event of The Holocaust, the project adopts both the extended metaphor and literal expression of soundscapes. Soundscapes encompass the immaterial processes of memorialization and the literal sonic textures developed in Holocaust novels. The critical perspective incorporates contemporary notions of narratology, archival practices, and cultural manifestations of language into the notion of literary ethnomusicology.
Identifier
FI15032124
Recommended Citation
Stanev, Mariane, "On Record: Soundscapes as Metaphor and Physical Manifestation of Memory in Early Holocaust Novels and Contemporary Criticism" (2015). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1907.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1907
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