Memory And Personal Memory: Disgrace And The Waltz With Bashir

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Firstly, this essay will briefly define personal and collective memory, in order to better understand and answer the question of how the two memories are related, as well as a discussion on representation and history to further deepen the depth of this topic. This essay will look into two different texts that are Disgrace and the Waltz with Bashir, and contrast, as well as compare, the approaches the texts take in relation to personal and collective memory. As memory is a topic that has been heavily theorised in a variety of contexts and discourses ranging from psychological to cultural studies, this essay will narrow its focal point to personal and historical memory. In order to understand the relationship between the two, it is important to first understand and define the terms separately to lay the foundation for a better comprehensive and cohesion. Personal memory can be defined as the representation of a memory held by a single individual within a lifetime, which is frequently founded on the premise of first-hand experience of the event (Hua 2005, p. 198).

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