Trapped Between Hitler and Stalin
Nazi Bogeymen and Implicated Subjects in Canadian Children’s Historical Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14824147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mateusz Świetlicki (0000-0001-7009-3837, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Pages | 343-360 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teksty Drugie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0867-0633 • E-ISSN: 2545-2061 |
| Publisher | Instytut Badan Literackich PAN/The Institute of Literary Research PAS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18318/td.2024.en.1.19 |
| OpenAlex | W4401343433 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article studies the portrayal of Nazi and German characters in Gabriele Goldstone’s Tainted Amber (2021), a Young Adult novel set in East Prussia right before the war, and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s middle-grade book Don’t Tell the Enemy (2018), set in Nazi-occupied western Ukraine. The article demonstrates that Skrypuch and Goldstone point to the role of propaganda, ideology, and opportunism in the spread of Nazism, anti-Semitism, and Stalinism. Amongst stereotypical Nazi Bogeymen and innocent victims, both novels feature characters entangled between Hitler and Stalin that emerge as what Michael Rothberg termed implicated subjects
Archaeology · Art · German · Literature · Nazism · Canadian Identity and History · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |