Paměť živá a zahlazená Traumatický realismus v prózách Patricka Modiana, Georgese Pereca a W. G. Sebalda

• Authors: Hřídelová Nina

Title variants

EN

THE TENSION BETWEEN ACTIVE AND OBLITERATED MEMORY TRAUMATIC REALISM IN THE WORKS OF PATRICK MODIANO, GEORGES PEREC AND W. G. SEBALD

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

This study deals with the question of the representation of memory and trauma in the works of Patrick Modiano, Georges Perec and W. G. Sebald. The study focuses on the possibilities and difficulties of representing the traumatic experience of the Holocaust as well as the tension between the authors’ personal memory and the collective and cultural memory expressed in post-war literature. Looking at the individual texts, the study traces various signs of traumatic narrative displayed in them, such as hypertrophied motifs of memory, disruptions of linear chronology or a specific register that makes elements of extreme experience penetrate into the everyday. The study concludes that by means of traumatic narration, the authors find common ground in the ethical imperative of testimony.

Keywords

CS

Paměť; vzpomínka; identita; trauma; román; moderní literatura

EN

Memory; remembrance; identity; trauma; novel; modern literature

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 121-138

Contributors

author

Hřídelová Nina

• Univerzita Karlova

Identifiers

DOI

10.14712/23366729.2021.2.8