Writing about the Holocaust Using Deliberate Obscurity in W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz
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Realistic representation has been regarded as the most adequate and valid approach in Holocaust literature, however, its problems have been also fiercely debated and criticized. Written in a mix of various genres, German writer W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz (2001) rejects realistic representation. In the novel, an anonymous German narrator tells the story of Jacques Austerlitz, who tries to trace his forgotten memory of his parents, victims of the Holocaust. Despite the extensive inclusion of memoirs, historical documents, and photographs, the novel only offers an abstract, obscure, and incomplete view of Austerlitz’s past and the Holocaust in a non-linear narrative. This unique representation of the Holocaust is, however, largely neglected in current scholarship that has focused on the novel’s hybrid form and Sebald’s use of photography. Examining how Sebald intentionally creates and increases the uncertainty of the narrator’s and protagonist’s accounts, I explore how his synoptic representation reflects changing shapes and paradigms of Holocaust literature.
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Realistic representation has been regarded as the most adequate and valid approach in Holocaust literature, however, its problems have been also fiercely debated and criticized. Written in a mix of various genres, German writer W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz (2001) rejects realistic representation. In the novel, an anonymous German narrator tells the story of Jacques Austerlitz, who tries to trace his forgotten memory of his parents, victims of the Holocaust. Despite the extensive inclusion of memoirs, historical documents, and photographs, the novel only offers an abstract, obscure, and incomplete view of Austerlitz’s past and the Holocaust in a non-linear narrative. This unique representation of the Holocaust is, however, largely neglected in current scholarship that has focused on the novel’s hybrid form and Sebald’s use of photography. Examining how Sebald intentionally creates and increases the uncertainty of the narrator’s and protagonist’s accounts, I explore how his synoptic representation reflects changing shapes and paradigms of Holocaust literature.
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