Blonde poison”
The Holocaust and the case of Stella Goldschlag in Joseph Kanon's The Good German
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12904123 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Lake (0000-0002-4657-8938, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-99 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Holocaust Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-4902 • E-ISSN: 2048-4887 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17504902.2015.1117839 |
| OpenAlex | W2316714089 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Joseph Kanon's 2001 Holocaust novel The Good German explores problems of identification between reader and character. The Good German manipulates reader and character identification by challenging its readers to identify with Renate Naumann, who is a fictional representation of the Holocaust victim turned perpetrator Stella Goldschlag. She is portrayed with qualified sympathy, raising questions about Holocaust perpetrators as “monstrous” and the value of perpetrators as Holocaust witnesses. The Good German, however, interrupts the processes of identification to problematize questions of guilt, responsibility, and judgment
Art · Art history · Character (mathematics · German · Identification (biology · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Representation (politics · Sociology · STELLA (programming language · Sympathy · The Holocaust · Law · Literature and Cultural Memory · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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