La cuestión de la figuración y del hijo en la edad del genocidio

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Aimee Pozorski

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En este artículo, que se centra en la novela de Imre Kertész Kaddish por el hijo no nacido
(Kaddis a meg nem született gyermekért, 1990), se estudian las formas en las que la
paradójica figura del hijo no nacido refleja los horrores sociales, políticos y personales del
genocidio. A través del análisis de dos textos sobre el 11-S que también abordan los
efectos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial –Tan fuerte tan cerca (Extremely Loud and Incredibly
Close, 2005) de Jonathan Safran Foer y This Must Be the Place (2008; sin traducir al
español) de Anna Winger – “Hijo no nacido” propone la idea de que estamos conectados a
través de lo que no podemos entender: la imagen catacrética de un hijo no nacido
ejemplifica la pérdida de un futuro en el cual uno normalmente esperaría encontrar
esperanza y una nueva vida.

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La cuestión de la figuración y del hijo en la edad del genocidio. (2019). VERBEIA. Revista De Estudios Filológicos. Journal of English and Spanish Studies, 3, 45-65. https://doi.org/10.57087/Verbeia.2019.4131

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