| Title: | Avatars of the limit-situation in post-totalitarian witness literature |
| Author: | Laura Sasu |
| Publication: | Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov. Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies, 7 (1), p. 99 |
| p-ISSN: | 2066-768X |
| e-ISSN: | 2066-7698 |
| Publisher: | Transilvania University Press |
| Place: | Brașov |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | The present paper aims at providing several interpretation patterns necessary for an applicative analysis of the concept of limit-situation, as it is revealed by testimonial literature produced by surviving witnesses of totalitarian oppression policies applied in the twentieth century. Approaching the limit-situation from the perspective of literary theory and criticism and relying on the heuristic value of the concept, generates a wide range of associations, from the theory and aesthetics of limit-situations, to the relationship between expression means and the factual nature of experiences, thus configuring a possible topography of limit-situations. Starting with the psychological description coined by Karl Jaspers and further discussing several other philosophical perspectives on the limit-situation the underlying analysis harbours the more precise definition of this type of experience and its relevance to any field of anthropological interest. |
| Key words: | post-totalitarian, witness literature, reaction, limit-situation |
| Language: | English |
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