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Shattered Dreams of the Mándy’S TORN COBWEBS OF MEMORY: INTERWEAVING FILM AND FICTION IN POST- FRANCO SPAIN AND POST-COMMUNIST HUNGARY, SHIFTING NARRATIVES OF THE HOLOCAUST AND DICTATORSHIP IN THE WAKE OF POLITICAL TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY by ÉVA SERFŐZŐ A DISSERTATION Presented to the Department of Romance Languages and the Graduate School of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy December 2019 DISSERTATION APPROVAL PAGE Student: Éva Serfőző Title: Torn Cobwebs of Memory: Interweaving Film and Fiction in Post-Franco Spain and Post-Communist Hungary, Shifting Narratives of the Holocaust and Dictatorship in the Wake of Political Transition to Democracy This dissertation has been accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Romance Languages by: Pedro Garía-Caro Chairperson Cecilia Enjuto Rangel Core Member Katya Hokanson Core Member Carol Silverman Institutional Representative and Kate Mondloch Interim Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Original approval signatures are on file with the University of Oregon Graduate School. Degree awarded December 2019 ii © 2019 Éva Serfőző This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (United States) License. iii DISSERTATION ABSTRACT Éva Serfőző Doctor of Philosophy Department of Romance Languages December 2019 Title: Torn Cobwebs of Memory: Interweaving Film and Fiction in Post-Franco Spain and Post-Communist Hungary, Shifting Narratives of the Holocaust and Dictatorship in the Wake of Political Transition to Democracy This dissertation examines discourses on the memories of both the Holocaust and of the national dictatorships in Spain (1939-1975) and Hungary (1949-1990). In both post-dictatorial societies, the narrative shift about the dictatorial past occurs simultaneously with the re-emergence on the narratives of the Holocaust. I analyze the narrative strategies of memoirs, historical novels, and biographical films (biopics) produced between 1964 and 2014, drawing on concepts of multidirectional and palimpsestic memory, developed by Michael Rothberg and Max Silverman. Through these recollections similar patterns of avoidance and silence can be observed in the two regions. The frequent framing of memories in terms of “us” and “them” suggests that memory discourses remain nationalized and that mental walls survive both within and across nations. “In A Cobweb: Europe as a Hostile Space in Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Sepharad (2001)” looks at life-stories of “uprootedness” from all across Europe. The Spanish narrator passively relays the accounts of persecution during the Holocaust and Stalinism. iv His position of ‘outsider’ mirrors the dominant Spanish discourse of neutrality during WWII. “Buchenwald Memoirs, When Living Memory Becomes History: Jorge Semprún and Imre Kertész”, connects the works of a Hungarian Jew and a non-Jewish Spanish resistance fighter. Analyzing their first literary productions along their reflexive works three decades later highlights the different narratives on the Holocaust during and after the dictatorships. “Empty Photo Frames and Giant Posters” brings together Javier Cercas’s The Impostor and Alice Zeniter’s Gloomy Sunday, two multigenerational novels that depict the quest of two protagonists to learn about the past of their ancestors. The well-kept family secrets symbolize how the new democracies failed to come to terms with the legacies of a grim past. Competing Narratives of Heroism in rescuing Hungarian Jews: The films Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) and the Angel of Budapest (2011) demonstrates the process of constructing a national Holocaust hero. The two films have identical plots, both narrate the rescue activities of the Spanish legation in Budapest during 1944, albeit with different leading heroes. By emphasizing the rescuers’ actions, these films seek to mask the complicity of Franco’s Spain and Mussolini’s Italy in the Holocaust. v CURRICULUM VITAE NAME OF AUTHOR: Éva Serfőző GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS ATTENDED: University of Oregon, Eugene University of Economics and Administration in Budapest, Hungary Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary DEGREES AWARDED: Doctor of Philosophy, Romance Languages, 2019, University of Oregon Graduate Certificate in International Relations, 2001, University of Economics and Administration in Budapest Master of Arts, Spanish Language and Literature, 1998, Eötvös Loránd University Master of Arts, English Language and Literature, 1997, Eötvös Loránd University AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST: Peninsular Spanish Literature Holocaust Studies European Studies PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Graduate Employee, University of Oregon, 2011-2019 GRANTS, AWARDS, AND HONORS: Global Oregon Summer Research Grant, Teaching about the Shoah and Antisemitism, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Global Studies Institute, University of Oregon, 2018 ‘Special Opps’ Graduate Research Award, Teaching about the Shoah and Antisemitism, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Graduate School, University of Oregon, 2018 vi ‘Special Opps’ Graduate Research Award, Archival Research, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, Graduate School, University of Oregon, 2017 22nd HEF Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization, Holocaust Education Foundation, Northwestern University, 2017 Beall Dissertation Fellowship, Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon, 2017 TSWG Summer Translation Project Award, excerpts from Sombre Dimanche by Alice Zeniter, Global Studies Institute, Translation Studies Working Group, University of Oregon 2017 General University Scholarship, University of Oregon, 2017 General University Scholarship, University of Oregon, 2016 Helen Fe Jones Summer Research Scholarship, Spain, Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon, 2016 Memory-Place-Presence Summer Program, Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre Centre, Lublin, Poland, 2015 Helen Fe Jones Summer Research Scholarship, Spain, Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon, 2015 General University Scholarship, University of Oregon, 2015 Scholarship for Academic Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, 2014 A Bridge to History, Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellowship, AJC Poland and Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York Global Oregon Summer Research Grant, Poland and Hungary, Global Studies Institute, University of Oregon, 2014 Helen Fe Jones Summer Research Scholarship, Guatemala, Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon, 2013 Stickels Summer Research Scholarship, Mexico, Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon, 2012 vii PUBLICATIONS: Serfőző, Éva. “Angel Sanz Briz and Giorgio Perlasca: competing narratives of heroism in rescuing Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust in the films The Angel of Budapest (2011) and Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002).” Holocaust Studies (2019) Volume 25, Issue 4. (Web) viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I owe gratitude to my entire family for supporting me in the completion of this journey that can be best describe by a quote from Vincent van Gogh: “Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” They were there for me no matter what happened, whether I found flowers or sank knew deep into the mud, following the unpaved road I decided to take. Their humor and wisdom helped me transform the most dramatic situation into a hilarious one at every stage of this project. The person I need to thank most is my Mother, Éva Pomikacsek, who was even more dedicated to me graduating with a PhD than me myself. I left Eugene a few times, but I never got past Portland, where she always managed to convince me to return. Her kitchen magically conjured up one delicacy after the other, and I will never stop admiring her incredible energy and curiosity that pushes her to always take on new adventures. I will be forever grateful to my brother, Ádám V. Barka, who held the thankless job of an unpaid, professional editor throughout my entire doctoral career. He would not only proof-read my conference papers and scholarships applications, but also contributed to them with brilliant ideas. He was thorough, conscientious and absolutely ruthless. He would always respond to desperate pleas at the oddest of times, which in one case was cutting a “few sentences” out of my first article for publication, to the tune of 2000 words. All his previous debts are considered generously repaid. Many people contributed to reshaping the way I see the world, but Dr. Patrick Caroline stands out. In his case, this transformation was literal, as he is an internationally recognized optometrist. He went above and beyond in providing me with cutting-edge ix health care and supporting my PhD studies. He made a real difference in my life by triumphing where many others before him have failed and given up. I wish to express sincere appreciation to the members of my doctoral committee, past and present. I am indebted to Analisa Taylor for editing countless drafts of my early work, and for showing me that academic scholarship can be engaging and deeply personal. I owe my sincere thanks to Gina Herrmann for introducing me to Holocaust Studies, for her wealth of knowledge on international scholarship opportunities, and her brilliant suggestions for further readings. In addition, special thanks are due to Evlyn Gould, who was very involved in this project from the start, and supported me every twist and turn of my career. The two years I worked first and foremost with
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