Falling Silent
Abstract This article argues that Merethe Lindstrøm’s 2011 novel Dager i stillhetens historie portrays a collapse of the familial memory transmission structures that are normally involved in the making of postmemory, as defined by Marianne Hirsch. My analysis of the novel describes how i...
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| Language: | Danish |
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Scandinavian University Press
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Edda |
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| Online Access: | https://www.idunn.no/edda/2017/04/falling_silent |
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This article argues that Merethe Lindstrøm’s 2011 novel Dager
i stillhetens historie portrays a collapse of the familial
memory transmission structures that are normally involved in the making
of postmemory, as defined by Marianne Hirsch. My analysis of the
novel describes how it represents traumatic memories related to
the Holocaust and how it portrays the struggle of listening to traumatic
memories. Further, I describe the character Simon’s retreat into
the isolation of silence as an engagement with traumatic loss and
an attempt to reconnect with his former identity and lost family.
Lastly, I draw on Hirsch’s analysis of the role of photographs in
familial memory transfer to analyze passages in the novel that show what
I call the breakdown of postmemory. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-0818 1500-1989 |