期刊名称：Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media
电子版ISSN：2585-3538
出版年度：2017
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：92-104
DOI：10.26262/exna.v1i1.5997
语种：English
出版社：School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
摘要：Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1993, recounted the true story of Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party and war profiteer, who saved over a thousand Jews during World War II. Since then, other, likewise mainstream, films dealing with the Holocaust have been released, provoking some critical discussion but very little compared to the heated debate that followed the release of Spielberg’s film. Leaving aside this initial skeptical reaction, this paper studies the film’s moral content and our engagement with it. Specifically, the examination of Schindler’s List in this paper notes the moral character of the film, and the way it touches upon the audience’s moral consciousness. First, the production of this movie is discussed, and the intentions of the director are outlined as the point of origin of the text’s narrative ethics. Second, the way in which the film presents its story is considered, and especially the moral limits that seem to inform certain narrative and aesthetic choices. Third, the examination turns to the way in which the representation of children in the film functions as a moral catalyst for the audience’s response. It is concluded that, Schindler’s List is a film with an intense moral message, that requests the audience’s moral attention through its formal and thematic composition.
