Danilo Kiš and the Representation of Totalitarianism

  • José Antonio Fernández López Universidad de Murcia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/RPUB.60851
Keywords: Totalitarianism, History, Literary fiction, Anamnetic ethics.

Abstract

The work of Danilo Kiš has as a primordial nucleus the analysis of human existence subjected to totalitarianism. His books are facing the violence that all-encompassing in the 20th century, the metaphysical evil symbolizing Auschwitz and the Gulag. In this article, we will account how the author unfolds this purpose in his work, reconciling history and artistic representation, archive and fiction, through the development of an Ethics of Remembrance whose recipients are the lost human beings in the Night of history, of barbarism and oblivion.

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Published
2018-07-06
How to Cite
Fernández López J. A. (2018). Danilo Kiš and the Representation of Totalitarianism. Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, 21(2), 289-303. https://doi.org/10.5209/RPUB.60851
Issue
Vol. 21 No. 2 (2018)
Section
Artículos

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