
This article explores the representation of trauma in key Holocaust texts Elie Wiesel’s Night, Primo Levi’s If This Is a Man, and Charlotte Delbo’s Auschwitz and After focusing on how these works convey the psychological and emotional aftermath of the Holocaust. Through narrative techniques such as fragmented storytelling, non-linear timelines, and symbolic imagery, these authors illustrate the struggles of memory, identity, and survival. Drawing on trauma theory by Cathy Caruth and Dominick LaCapra, the study examines how these texts depict the silencing effects of trauma and the challenge of representing unspeakable horrors. The article argues that Holocaust literature plays a vital role in preserving collective memory and underscores the ethical responsibility of authors in depicting trauma to ensure the lessons of the Holocaust are not forgotten.
Holocaust, trauma, memory, silence, survival, storytelling, history, narrative techniques, Caruth, LaCapra.
Holocaust, trauma, memory, silence, survival, storytelling, history, narrative techniques, Caruth, LaCapra.
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