Magical transports and transformations: The lessons of children’s holocaust fiction

Phyllis Lassner; Danny M. Cohen

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Magical transports and transformations: The lessons of children’s holocaust fiction

Phyllis Lassner, Danny M. Cohen

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Abstract

Holocaust fiction and film for young audiences constitute a representational and pedagogical dilemma. Such narrative conventions as fantasy and fairy tale elements offer accessibility for young audiences to learn about the brutal and incomprehensible extremes of the Holocaust. However, they may also undermine the catastrophe’s grim historicity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	167-185
Number of pages	19
Journal	Studies in American Jewish Literature
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5325/studamerjewilite.33.2.0167
State	Published - Jul 6 2014

Keywords

Fantasy and fairy tales
Holocaust children’s literature
Holocaust education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies
Anthropology
Literature and Literary Theory

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