The Holocaust as Fiction: Derrida’s Demeuere and the Demjanjuk Trial in Philip Roth’s Operation Shylock

Authors

Tamas Dobozy, Wilfrid Laurier UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2005

Department

English and Film Studies

Abstract

This essay investigates the representation of juridical testimony in Roth’s “confession,” Operation Shylock. Read through the theoretical lens of Jacques Derrida, specifically in terms of his Demeure, Roth’s novel suggests a new strategy for coping with the Holocaust in literature, wherein writing remains true both to the Holocaust as unspeakable and to the Holocaust as actual historical event.

Comments

This article was originally published in Philip Roth Studies, 1(1): 37-52. Reproduced with permission.

Recommended Citation

Dobozy, Tamas, "The Holocaust as Fiction: Derrida’s Demeuere and the Demjanjuk Trial in Philip Roth’s Operation Shylock" (2005). English and Film Studies Faculty Publications. 3.
https://scholars.wlu.ca/engl_faculty/3