Dora Bruder Flashcards
Author?
Patrick Modiano
In what way’s are Dora and Modiano similar?
Modiano also has Eastern European, Jewish parents so both experience either firsthand or second gen trauma from holocaust
Who informed and inspired Modiano’s works
Serge Klarsfield, the historian and lawyer had works dedicated to victims of holocaust
Which primary resources were used in writing?
Archives, police reports, articles, letters
Individual vs collective
Modiano has the individual focus of Dora and her case but also explores how those around her are affected and focuses on the collective, generational trauma caused by the holocaust
Stylistic characteristics
resembles notes, fragmented, mainly nouns
Father figure
Dora and Modiano both estranged from father
Transgenerational transfer
Father and Modiano both steal, passed down from generations
What is post memory
how the children of survivors relate to a traumatic event
Key themes
memory, loss, recovery, time
