Vigilance and Violence: A Modern Holocaust Rendition of Hansel and Gretel
Keywords:
fairy tale, gaze, Holocaust, Jewish refugees, surveillanceAbstract
Research and literature have augmented its principles to campaign for disparate contemporary global issues. Constituted under the umbrella term of the societal conflicts, the refugee crisis has acutely evolved and matured in the postmodern era. Ensuing the aftermath of the enormous historical occurrences such as the two World Wars, industrialisation and cold ethnic genocides, the world witnessed assorted mass forced migrations. This research paper aims to disclose the systematic oppression of Jews through chronic surveillance and the catastrophic refugee life with reference to The True Story of Hansel and Gretel: A Novel of War and Survival by Louis Murphy. Adapting an acclaimed fairy tale into a refugee narrative, the author has effectively offered a vivid portrait of the Holocaust. The study substantiates the analogies and disparities between the past and current version, further detailing the constant scrutiny, male gaze and the horror of genocide employing the theories of gaze by Jeremy Hawthorn in the chosen fiction.
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