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"Insanity in the Darkness": Anti-Semitic Stereotypes and Jewish Identity in Max Frisch's "Andorra" and Arthur Miller's "Focus"

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posted on 2023-06-08, 10:57 authored by Ladislaus Löb
Max Frisch's experimental play Andorra and Arthur Miller's realistic novel Focus are based on the same unusual theme of a Gentile who is mistaken for a Jew and responds to persecution by declaring that he is a Jew. Both works explore issues of personal identity and social responsibility in conjunction with anti-Semitism as an example of stereotyping and prejudice in general. Both show affinities with the thought ofJean-Paul Sartre, Theodor Adorno, Hannah Arendt, and Bruno Bettelheim. Conditioned by the authors' different temperaments and circumstances, Focus ends in hope, Andorra in despair. In this essay the parallels and contrasts between the two works are analysed for the first time.

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  • Published

Journal

Modern Language Review

ISSN

0026-7937

Publisher

Modern Humanities Research Association

Issue

3

Volume

92

Page range

545 - 558

ISBN

0026-7937

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  • Sussex Centre for Language Studies Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-21

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