Elie Wiesel and the Art of StorytellingRosemary Horowitz McFarland, 1 de nov. 2014 - 242 pàgines Elie Wiesel is a master storyteller with the ability to use storytelling as a form of activism. From his landmark memoir Night to his novels and numerous retellings of Hasidic legends, Wiesel's literature emphasizes storytelling, and he frequently refers to himself as a storyteller rather than an author or historian. In this work, essays examine Wiesel's roots in Jewish storytelling traditions; influences from religious, folk, and secular sources; education; Yiddish background; Holocaust experience; and writing style. Emphasized throughout is Wiesel's use of multiple sources in an effort to reach diverse audiences. |
Continguts
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Creative Ambiguity in Wiesels Storytelling | 38 |
Telling Stories of Children and Loss | 57 |
The Storyteller and His Quarrel with God | 71 |
Wiesels Autobiographical Storytelling as Midrash | 90 |
Jewish Contexts for Wiesels Storytelling | 102 |
Wiesels The Gates of the Forest | 123 |
Transfiguration | 156 |
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Pàgina 3 - His gift is the ability to relate his life; his distinction, to be able to tell his entire life. The storyteller: he is the man who could let the wick of his life be consumed completely by the gentle flame of his story.