On Harrowing in Dead Europe
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Hourigan Daniel. 2022. "On Harrowing in Dead Europe
." Journal of Australian Studies. 46 (1), pp. 60-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2021.2019087
| Article Title | On Harrowing in Dead Europe |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 34876 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Hourigan Daniel |
| Journal Title | Journal of Australian Studies |
| Journal Citation | 46 (1), pp. 60-71 |
| Number of Pages | 12 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Place of Publication | Australia |
| ISSN | 0314-769X |
| 1444-3058 | |
| 1835-6419 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2021.2019087 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14443058.2021.2019087 |
| Abstract | Dead Europe (2005) is a book about the harrowing of Isaac. The anti-Semitic logics of the novel inflect the familial curse that proceeds in the wake of Elias’s death, and the curse that haunts Isaac offers a re-emergence of a murderous anti-Semitic past. Yet this moment also confronts the critical reader with a choice: to embrace this supernatural motif of the curse or to shun it as psychopathology. Favouring the former, this article draws on the resources of Lacanian psychoanalysis and post-Marxist theory to analyse how this curse remains an exemplary trope. The argument will trace how Isaac is harrowed by the curse and, therein, ask what it means for Isaac to be harrowed. By looking again at the construction of the curse in Dead Europe, this article will examine some of the critical ideas that are uncovered by the novel’s supernaturalism. |
| Keywords | Australian literature; Christos Tsiolkas; literary theory; psychoanalysis; speculative fiction |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470502. Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature) |
| 470207. Cultural theory | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
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