{"product_id":"the-bildungsroman-in-a-genocidal-age-9798765103890","title":"The Bildungsroman in a Genocidal Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bildungsroman in a Genocidal Age\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the humanist ideal of \u003ci\u003eBildung\u003c\/i\u003e, the cultivation of the potentialities of the self through self-reflection, travel, and varied social intercourse, has been revitalized in an age of genocidal violence. It examines the \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman \u003c\/i\u003eas a flourishing intermedial genre encompassing contemporary historical fiction, historical feature films, and children's and YA literature. Analysing a number of highly influential novels and films about the Holocaust and World War II (WWII), the book argues that the narrative strategies of the \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes a swerve away from 'home' and its parochialism and moral certainties, has contributed to shaping audience perceptions of traumatic histories and their ethical implications in the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bildungsroman in a Genocidal Age \u003c\/i\u003eexamines some of the most keenly discussed, and controversial historical fictions of recent decades including \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of the Day \u003c\/i\u003e(1989), \u003ci\u003eThe Kindly Ones \u003c\/i\u003e(2006, English trans. 2009), \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), and Margarethe von Trotta's biopic \u003ci\u003eHannah Arendt \u003c\/i\u003e(2012). It argues that in portraying a protagonist who defers or refuses a prescribed social destiny, these novels and films are sensitive to the 'Eichmann problematic' of the 'banality of evil' as formulated by Hannah Arendt. These \u003ci\u003eBildungsromane\u003c\/i\u003e, the study suggests, are designed to address the problem of the social reproduction of normative, unimaginative, and conformist mindsets that can enable totalitarian politics and genocidal policies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNed Curthoys\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in English and Literary Studies at the University of Western Australia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of Liberal Judaism: Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt's Hidden Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50919299285266,"sku":"9798765103890","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9130b719-ac26-4b86-82eb-65dffd427914.jpg?v=1738889516","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bildungsroman-in-a-genocidal-age-9798765103890","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}