Literature And Cultural Memory - What is cultural memory

Literature And Cultural Memory

What is cultural memory and apply cultural memory to literature.

In “ Communicative and Cultural Memory Links to an external site. ,” Jan Assmann draws on his own classic work “ Collective Memory and Cultural Identity Links to an external site. ” to analyze a concept he calls “cultural memory.”

In two to three pages (excluding title and reference pages), explain in your own words what cultural memory is and apply this concept to literature. How does literary representation of historical events help create our sense of cultural identity? Cite Assmann and other authors, as appropriate, to support your argument.