Thorns into Gold: Contemporary Jewish American Responses to Antisemitism in Traditional Fairy Tales
Thorns into Gold: Contemporary Jewish American Responses to Antisemitism in Traditional Fairy Tales
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荆棘成金：当代犹太裔美国人对传统童话中反犹太主义的回应
DOI：
10.5406/jamerfolk.132.525.0291
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
0.7
通讯作者：
Veronica L. Schanoes
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作者：
Veronica L. Schanoes
摘要：本文通过分析犹太作家娜奥米·诺维克、维罗妮卡·沙诺斯和简·约伦的四个当代故事，考察了犹太作家对反犹童话《荆棘丛中的犹太人》以及《侏儒怪》中反犹主义读物的反应。犹太作家能够通过展示格林童话的文化特殊性来破坏其主导范式的稳定。我认为，由此产生的紧张局势产生了美国犹太人身份的模棱两可的特征，利用排斥的推动力来塑造一种回应，将这一流派本身投射到一种新的光芒中。
Abstract:This essay considers the responses of Jewish writers to the antisemitic fairy tale "The Jew in the Thornbush," as well as to readings that locate antisemitism in "Rumpelstiltskin," by analyzing four contemporary stories by Jewish writers Naomi Novik, Veronica Schanoes, and Jane Yolen. Jewish writers are able to destabilize the dominant paradigm of the Grimms' fairy tales by demonstrating its cultural specificity. I argue that the tension that is thereby generated enacts the ambiguity characteristic of American Jewish identities, using the impetus of exclusion to fashion a response that casts the genre itself in a new light.