Araştırma Makalesi

Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh

Cilt: 28 Sayı: 2 18 Aralık 2018
  • Didem Alkan
PDF İndir
FR EN

Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh

Öz

“The truth is poison,” goes a Khmer saying. Between 1975 and 1979, an estimated two million Cambodians were massacred following this “truth” that Khmers called “ideology.” To fully grasp the dynamics of this poisonous “truth,” Rithy Panh, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, focused on the legacy of the regime through the examination of its agents and atrocities. Cinema became the first medium that motivated Panh to revisit this most tragic chapter of Cambodian history. In his films, Panh personally encounters the persecutors and asks them to speak, without being a part of the discourse himself. Elimination (2011) emerges from this silence, the strategy of dissimulation in his cinema. In this work, Panh revisits his experience of encountering the persecutors, while expressing himself by presenting a complete picture of the genocide to the public. This article aims to examine narrative and visual strategies utilized by Panh in order to communicate the reality of the Cambodian Genocide as a witness, filmmaker and writer. I argue that Panh’s consummate discourse stands as a visual-narrative construction, where the fragments of history are broken down to reconstruct the memory of the genocide through a combination of images and words.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

  1. Baqué, D. (2009). L’effroi du présent : Figurer la violence. Paris, FR: Flammarion.
  2. Caruth, C. (1996). Unclaimed experience trauma, narrative, and history. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  3. Cazenave, J. (2018). Earth as archive : Reframing memory and mourning in the missing picture. Cinema Journal, 57(2), 44–65.
  4. Clarke, P. (2011). Charlotte Lacoste [Radio series episode]. In Dans Comme on nous parle. Retrieved from http://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/comme-nous-parle/comme-nous-parle-23-fevrier-2011
  5. Hayes, S. (2015). Trauma and memory : Healing through art. Journal of Art for Life, 7(1), 1 –20.
  6. Lacoste, C. (2014, April 20). Le devoir de mémoire est devenu un slogan [Interview]. Retrieved from https://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Livres/Charlotte-Lacoste-Le-devoir-de-memoire-est-devenu-un-slogan-productiviste-662577.
  7. Lamy-Rested, E. (2014). Dénier, théoriser, éliminer : le « travail » de Duch Sur L’élimination de Rithy Panh avec Christophe Bataille. Retrieved from http://www.revue-texto.net/index.php?id=3459
  8. Lee, J. H. X. (2011). Genocide, healing, justice, and peace in Cambodia. Peace Review, 23(4), 429–430.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dilbilim

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

18 Aralık 2018

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Eylül 2018

Kabul Tarihi

18 Ekim 2018

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2018 Cilt: 28 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Alkan, D. (2018). Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, 28(2), 131-149. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA477513
AMA
1.Alkan D. Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. 2018;28(2):131-149. doi:10.26650/LITERA477513
Chicago
Alkan, Didem. 2018. “Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 28 (2): 131-49. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA477513.
EndNote
Alkan D (01 Aralık 2018) Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 28 2 131–149.
IEEE
[1]D. Alkan, “Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh”, Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, c. 28, sy 2, ss. 131–149, Ara. 2018, doi: 10.26650/LITERA477513.
ISNAD
Alkan, Didem. “Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 28/2 (01 Aralık 2018): 131-149. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA477513.
JAMA
1.Alkan D. Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. 2018;28:131–149.
MLA
Alkan, Didem. “Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, c. 28, sy 2, Aralık 2018, ss. 131-49, doi:10.26650/LITERA477513.
Vancouver
1.Didem Alkan. Images and Words: Remembrance and Reconstruction of the Cambodian Genocide by Rithy Panh. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. 01 Aralık 2018;28(2):131-49. doi:10.26650/LITERA477513