Date of Award
Fall 11-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Primary Advisor
Dr. Gordon Miller
Abstract
This thesis examines several selected works of Holocaust fiction, Elie Wiesel’s Night, Cynthia Ozick’s The Shawl, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything is Illuminated, integrating the literary theories of Deconstruction, Gender, and Trauma. In five chapters, this thesis gives a brief overview of deconstruction, applying it to works of Holocaust fiction to show how the Holocaust deconstructs our view of gender and body, trauma and memory, humanity, and even death.
Recommended Citation
Spivey, Tyler, "A THEORETICAL READING OF HOLOCAUST FICTION AND THE HOLOCAUST AS A DECONSTRUCTIVE EVENT" (2017). Selected Honors Theses. 80.
https://firescholars.seu.edu/honors/80