Cheryl Chaffin

Encountering Primo Levi

Reading and Teaching Trauma Narratives

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Produktbeschreibung

Primo Levi s development as a writer was expressed through multiple literary genres and an increasing awareness of his readers over the course of his forty-year writing career. With a focus on memory and trauma, this book explores how narrative acts as a means of telling a story and engaging others in the transmission of that story, thus developing a literary lineage over time that can transcend geographic and cultural boundaries. As the witness to catast

Produktdetails

• Italian and Italian American Studies
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 89533588, 978-3-032-06896-5
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm
• ISBN-13: 9783032068965
• ISBN-10: 3032068967
• Artikelnr.: 75256511

Autorenporträt

Cheryl Chaffin is a Professor of English Composition, Literature, and Creative Writing at Cabrillo College, USA. She previously published After Poland: A Memoir Because of Primo Levi.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Souls Are Moved.- Part One: On Being Taught.- 2. Literary Lineage: What Does It Mean to Leave a Legacy?.- 3. Books as Teachers: Levi s The Search for Roots.- 4. Learning from Others: Plurality in Levi s Storytelling.- Part Two: Writing and War.- 5. Auschwitz as University: Levi s Poetry and Fiction Post-Deportation.- 6. Befriending a Stranger: How to Live with Other Humans.- 7. To Express Reality Again: Levi and Ginzburg Writing After War.- Part Three: Ethical Reading.- 8. An Archaeology of Witness: The Roots and Practice of Witnessing.- 9. Judges: Responding to an Impossible Request.- 10. Translation and Understanding: Drawing Closer to Original Texts.- 11. Conclusion: Reading in the Present.