Leverkuhn as witness: the Holocaust in Thomas Mann's 'Doktor Faustus.'

Article Abstract:

Thomas Mann's novel 'Doktor Faustus' offers a way to resolve the conflict caused by postmodern examinations of the Holocaust. Remembering the Holocaust does not guarantee it will not happen again, since individuals choose what details to remember. Leverkuhn, the composer in Mann's book, uses various artistic forms to occupy a totalizing position in which the audience experiences the possibility of losing everything. This experience recreates the Holocaust.

Analysis, Doktor Faustus (Book), Mann, Thomas (American writer), Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

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Exorcising the devil from Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus

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An analysis of the musical and literary works interpolated into Thomas Mann's novel 'Doktor Faustus' is mentioned. Further an argument that Mann's composer Adrian Leverkuhn never signed a demonic pact and thus his life and music do not stand in an allegorical relationship to German history is presented.

Doctor Faustus (Mann, Thomas) (Novel)

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Die Aufzeichnung der Memoria in Thomas Manns Buddenbrooks und Der Erwahlte

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Thomas Manns novel 'Buddenbrooks' and 'Der Erwahlte' that were published 50 years reveals several similarities in their treatment of memory and genealogy. The frequent act of reading the genealogical records helps to remember and thereby cultivate the past.

Buddenbrooks (Novel), Der Erwahlte (Novel)

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