Editorial Board: Prof. Dr. M o s h e C a r m il l y -W e in b e r g e r Prof. Dr. L a d is l a u G y em An t Lect. M a r ia R a d o s a v

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1 CLUJ-NAPOCA 2005

2 Cover: Arch. A m a l ia G y em An t Translation of the Romanian text: Dr. SlMONA FA r c a a n A n c a M ir c e a Translation of the Italian text: Dr. F r a n c a M o l in o D e l ia M o r a r Editorial Board: Prof. Dr. M o s h e C a r m il l y -W e in b e r g e r Prof. Dr. L a d is l a u G y em An t Lect. M a r ia R a d o s a v Copyright : Dr. Moshe Carmilly Institute for Hebrew and Jewish History, Cluj-Napoca, Universitapi Str. 7-9, Cluj-Napoca, Romania T e l/f ax The preparation and publication of the volume was made possible with the help of a grant offered by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. ISSN

3 C O N T E N T S List of C ontributors...7 I The C ontribution of Jew ish W riters to W orld Literature in Poetry and Prose. International Conference, C luj-n apoca, O ctober , iger M o sh e C arm illy -W einberc-er.anne Frank s Diary and Its Place in World Literature...9 G e r sh o n S h a r ed David Vogel A Multicultural A u th o r...25 M ih a i Z a m fir Proust and Jew ishness...40 M a l k a S h a r e d Facing Jewish Tradition after the Holocaust in Agnon s S to ry la E r n e s t K r a u s z Postmodern Society and Globalization As Seen by Some Prominent Jewish Sociologists S id r a D ek o v e n E zra h i America As the Theatre of Jewish Comedy: From Sholem Aleichem to Grace Paley J a k o b H e s s in g German or Jew: The Case of Heinrich H e in e...83 e M a r k G elber The Multifarious Contributions of Stefan Zweig to World Literature A l b e r t o G. S ig n o r in i Writing As A nthropology G a b r ie l a L u n g u Giorgio Bassani s Prose: Between Historical Truth and Poetic Memory 125 M ir c e a Po p a A Jewish Writer from Romania Nominated for the Nobel Prize L e o n V o lo v ic i Rom anian W riters Jewish Writers: The Dilemmas of Cultural Identity

4 M ic h a e l F in k e n t h a l General Considerations around the Question Concerning the Identity Crisis of Modern Jewish Authors P e t e r L a w so n Tracing a Tradition of Anglo-Jewish Poetry J u l ia S zilagyi Suppressing the Man: Destiny, Language, Identity A Possible Reading of the Novel Fateless by Imre Kertesz R it a H o r v a t h Rupture and Tradition: Lajos Hatvany s Judenbrooks K in g a F r o jim o v ic s The Literary Representation of the Nagyvarad Ghetto. Bela Zsolt s Kilenc koffer (Nine suitcases) E m ily M iller B u d ic k Jewish Subject, Implicated Reader in Aharon Appelfeld s Iron Tracks and Cynthia Ozick s The Shawl M o n ik a A d a m c z y k -G a r b o w sk a The Place of Isaac Bashevis Singer in World Literature II. Book Reviews III. The Activity of the Dr. Moshe Carmilly Institute for Hebrew and Jewish History in the Academic Year 2003/

5 L IS T O F C O N T R IB U T O R S 161 T- M ; hhe C a r m il ly- W ein b e r g e r 168 r r-?i:-:on S h a r e d 181 Z a m fir I S i i a k i:- ^ g g E - \ t S T K r a u sz D e K o v e n E zr a h i ' - j o b H essinc. T- M a r k G elber ALBERTO G. SlGNORINI _ T :r :EL \ LlJNGU V j r c e a P o p a 211 V o lo v ic i - I- IJHAEL FlNKENTHAL > P e t e r L a w s o n r - _v.a S zilagyi '? H o r v a t h I T *O :G A FROJIMOVICS 7 - : E m ily M i l l e r B u d ic k 243 : M o n ik a A d a m c z y k - G a r b o w s k a r - : f r.a-ihael V A go : - - I.i Y a v e t z I - : I z h a e la M u d u r e - _ o i 5l a u G y em A n t Emeritus Professor, Yeshiva University, New York Emeritus Professor, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem University of Bucharest Lecturer, Jerusalem Emeritus Professor, Bar-Ilan University Beersheva University Lecturer, Milan Babe -Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca University of Alba-Iulia University of Southampton Lecturer, Cluj-Napoca Lecturer, Budapest Lecturer, Budapest Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin Tel-Aviv University Emeritus Professor, Tel-Aviv University Babe -Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca Babe -Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca