Honors College Research
Document Type
Research Paper
Date of Completion
Spring 4-6-2018
Project Type
Honors Capstone
Department
English
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Terry Engel
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Kathy Dillion
Abstract
This paper examines the use of broken English, magic realism, and nonlinearity in the novel Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, arguing that such nontraditional narrative techniques are appropriate for depicting the Holocaust, which cannot be represented by conventional narrative form. This paper also examines the ethicality of creating a fictional work about the Holocaust: I argue that Foer distinguishes well between that which is meant to be taken literally and that which is meant to be understood symbolically, and that he in no way compromises the essential core of truth of what occurred during the Nazi genocide.
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Recommended Citation
Bentley, E. A. (2018). A New Way of Speaking: Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated and Effective Forms of Holocaust Literature. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.harding.edu/honors-research/2
