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This essay explores the moral dimension of literary studies in dealing with the literaryrepresentations of the horrors of the Holocaust. It discusses Elie Wiesel’s (1977) stance onthe matter, for whom the literary treatment of Auschwitz entails something intrinsicallyimmoral. This paper questions to what extent his viewpoint leads to a mystification of suchhorrors, which may thwart the literary exploration and scholarly discussion of tales such asTadeusz Borowski’s testimonies. In that sense, it is proposed that literary criticism mayprovide the theoretical framework to inform a moral approach to analyse the Holocaustliterature. In addition, it is suggested that, following Wiesel (1977), those testimoniesengender a new literary genre, this is, a new writer-reader pact in which certain moral andemotional attitudes towards the narration are expected from both parts involved. In order tosupport this hypothesis, Borowski’s “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” (1946) isexamined, focusing on its narrative perspective, a perspective that underscores the moralcrisis triggered by the horrors of the Holocaust.

La dimensión moral de los estudios literarios: el caso de los testimonios de Tadeusz Borowski