Hijacked by History

The Merchant of Venice, George Tabori and the Memory of the Holocaust

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https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-2096.2020.21947

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Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, memory, Holocaust, George Tabori

Resumen

This article considers Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice as a work singularly transformed by the events of the Holocaust, in such a way that stagings of the play are often turned into pretexts for remembrance. It discusses the play as an archive of trauma, and reflects on whether it may provide testimony for the atrocities committed during the war. To this end, the article provides an inquiry into different perspectives 

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Maria Clara Versiani Galery, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras: Estudos da Linguagem

Linha de Pesquisa: Linguagem e Memória Cultural

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2020-05-20

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Galery, M. C. V. . (2020). Hijacked by History: The Merchant of Venice, George Tabori and the Memory of the Holocaust. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 30(2), 59–78. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-2096.2020.21947

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Vol. 30 Núm. 2 (2020): Memória e Testemunho em Tempos Sombrios

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Dossier – Memoria y testimonio en tiempos sombríos

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