From the Lancet to the Page: An Analysis of Bloodletting as a Metaphor For Bearing Witness and Its Potentially Deadly Consequences

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dc.contributor.authorSeveryn, Ryan J.
dc.contributor.supervisorSchallie, Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-29T20:29:46Z
dc.date.available2015-08-30T11:22:07Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-08-29
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Germanic and Russian Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractBy investigating the metaphorical connection between bloodletting and the act of writing and drawing, this thesis examines the effects and potential dangers of bearing witness and recording witness testimonials as it is experienced by first-generation and second-generation Holocaust witnesses/authors respectively. Primo Levi’s works as well as biographical records documenting his life and death are examined as the primary sources for the analysis of the survivor or first-generation witness/author. Art Spiegelman’s graphic novels Maus and Maus II provide the source materials for the exploration of the second or ‘postmemory’ generation’s experience with recording their own inherited transgenerational trauma. To support this metaphorical and theoretical framework, I will engage the theories of Janet McCord and her study on suicide and Holocaust survivors as well as employ the works of Sigmund Freud, Dominick LaCapra, Cathy Caruth and Marianne Hirsch in relation to their work on cultural trauma and memory.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5639
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectHolocausten_US
dc.subjectPostmemoryen_US
dc.subjectBearing Witnessen_US
dc.subjectBloodlettingen_US
dc.subjectPrimo Levien_US
dc.subjectArt Spiegelmanen_US
dc.subjectMausen_US
dc.titleFrom the Lancet to the Page: An Analysis of Bloodletting as a Metaphor For Bearing Witness and Its Potentially Deadly Consequencesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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