Samuel O'Donoghue
Biographic Data
| ID | 8521990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel O'Donoghue |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Donoghue |
| SIGNATURE | DONOGHUE S O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Figurations of Suffering in Concentration Camp Testimony
This article offers a close reading of the figurative language used to represent suffering in literary testimonies of the Nazi concentration camps. It begins with an overview of the debate over the legitimacy of figurative language in representations of the Holocaust and considers the arguments against metaphor by scholars in the field of pain research and Holocaust studies. Bringing into dialogue the disciplines of pain studies and Holocaust stu…
The ‘Truth’ of the Past
This article explores the debates regarding the use of fiction to represent traumatic twentieth-century experiences. Through an analysis of Jorge Semprún’s Quel beau dimanche (1980) and L’écriture ou la vie (1994), Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Sefarad (2001) and Alberto Méndez’s Los girasoles ciegos (2004), it interrogates the value and morality of contemporary Spanish novelists’ use of fiction to explore the past. At the same time, this article seeks …
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The ‘Truth’ of the Past
This article explores the debates regarding the use of fiction to represent traumatic twentieth-century experiences. Through an analysis of Jorge Semprún’s Quel beau dimanche (1980) and L’écriture ou la vie (1994), Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Sefarad (2001) and Alberto Méndez’s Los girasoles ciegos (2004), it interrogates the value and morality of contemporary Spanish novelists’ use of fiction to explore the past. At the same time, this article seeks …
Figurations of Suffering in Concentration Camp Testimony
This article offers a close reading of the figurative language used to represent suffering in literary testimonies of the Nazi concentration camps. It begins with an overview of the debate over the legitimacy of figurative language in representations of the Holocaust and considers the arguments against metaphor by scholars in the field of pain research and Holocaust studies. Bringing into dialogue the disciplines of pain studies and Holocaust stu…
Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (2 works) · The Holocaust (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anguish (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Depiction (1 work)