Primo Levi as storyteller
The uses of fiction, creative non-fiction and the hard to classify in Levi’s narrative of the Holocaust
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13005302 |
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| Authors | Moy McCrory (0000-0002-8433-7414, University of Derby, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-96 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-0701 • E-ISSN: 2043-071X |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/fict.3.1.85_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2334978644 |
| Language | EN |
The varied forms of short prose writing used by Primo Levi in his continued narrative of the Holocaust allows a reconsideration of him as not merely its witness, but also as its storyteller. Taking The Periodic Table ([1975] 1986) as a conscious shift in Levi’s writing direction this article examines where the fictional developments and memory collide, and attempts to assess if this produces a more memorable format in order to reveal a difficult history. Do we continue to read Levi because his honesty is greater than the bare facts, and is there such a thing as a Holocaust aesthetic
Art · Honesty · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Order (exchange · Psychoanalysis · The Holocaust · Witness · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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