Transgressive post-Holocaust narratives: Mordecai Richler to Nathan Englander.

This paper considers how representations of the Holocaust – what is labeled Holocaust institutionalization – have been critiqued and even condemned in literary texts. Rather than exploring the Holocaust, and the corollaries of memory, identity, Second Generation inherited trauma, and other concerns, this body of literature considers the integrity, decency and purpose of Holocaust projects. Mainly it looks at the way aspects of Holocaust institutionalization are morally suspect, exploitive and counter to meaningful engagement with Holocaust history in the writings of Mordecai Richler. Then, as a counterpoint it examines Hope by Shalom Auslander and Nathan Englander's 2012 short story, 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank,' which traffic in moral inquiries into assumptions about Holocaust institutionalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]