Jewish ego-documents in Holocaust studies: the use of the diary as a genre and a source

The focus of this contribution is on the intricacies of the use of the Jewish diary as a genre and a source in Holocaust Studies. We will show how from a historical point of view, the diary can be seen as a factitious - albeit highly subjective - egodocument, whereas in Literary Studies, the textual...

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Published in:Jewish culture and history 2023-04, Vol.24 (2), p.232-250
Main Authors: Sepp, Arvi, Augustyns, Annelies
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographical literature
Cohn
Diaries
Diaries
Egodocuments
Ego
Genre
Historiography
Holocaust
Klemperer
Literary criticism
Literary studies
Narrative structure
Self concept
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