Abstract
Since the 1990s, a new type of Holocaust story has been emerging in Israeli children’s literature. This new narrative, which has appeared in some twenty picture books so far, is designated for very young children – from preschool to the first years of elementary school – and includes several significant innovations in literary discourse about the Holocaust. In this paper I will present the unique characteristics of the new Holocaust narrative for children in Israel, and I will examine the cultural intergenerational currents that have enabled its writing and its acceptance.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Negotiating Childhoods |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Pages | 221-229 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781848880467 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781848880467 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
Keywords
- Childlike literary voice
- Israeli Holocaust children’s literature
- Second Generation’s Holocaust narrative
- Therapeutic writing for Holocaust survivors
- intergenerational Holocaust discourse