The female presence in Lager through the eyes of cousin Levi: a reading of Lilith, by cousin Levi

Abstract

This paper proposes to conduct a reading of the short story entitled Lilith, from Primo Levi's 71 short stories (2005), in order to analyze aspects of the narrative. The main topics of this study are: the suffering in the Nazi concentration camps, the survival pacts, the testimonial accounts, the oppression, the violence, the resistance, the religiosity, the ancient Hebrew storytelling, the creation myth, and the presence of fear that has pervaded the popular imaginary for centuries, such as the devil, personified in the female figure, among other investigations. Furthermore, we seek to analyze the chapters Night of Valpurgis and Fire-Fatigue, from Goethe's Faust (1815), in order to establish possible dialogues between these narratives.

DOI: 10.56238/sevenIIImulti2023-008