THE INTERPRETATION OF AUSCHWITZ IN HEATHER MORRIS’THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ NOVEL: A NEW HISTORICAL APPROACH

Since the novel entitled The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
tells about a Jew insisted on working for the German government under the Nazi
regime and he becomes the tattooist of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz.
This study concerns to analyze the social-political condition of Poland and the
notion of Auschwitz interpreted in the novel creating a new discourse.
New Historicism theory is used to identify the history portrayed in the
novel and it is suitable to create a new discourse related to the Holocaust. In
addition, this study is conducted by using qualitative research design because it
consists of the characteristics of qualitative method.
This study finds the message of author implied in the novel, the socialpolitical
condition
of
Poland,
the
portraying
of
Auschwitz
interpreted
in
the
novel

and
new
discourse.
The
message
of
author
in
writing
The
Tattooist
of
Auschwitz
is

obtained
by
finding
the
author’s
purposes
to
deliver
the
ideas
in
writ
ing the novel.
It can be seen through the author’s narrat ions and the characters’ utterances. The
analysis of the social-political condition of Poland represents that Heather Morris
writes the story of the Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz based on the history.
After that, the analysis of new discourse is obtained by the researcher’s
perspective. It indicates different notions in portraying of Auschwitz. After
analyzing the novel, it can be concluded that Auschwitz dose not only represent as
the symbol of the Holocaust. In other words, Auschwitz represents the survivals
and survive is a form of heroism.

Key Words: New Historicism, Auschwitz, Holocaust, New Discourse