First treatment of a conspicuously East German feature in today's
German literature, that of autobiographical writing -- and
rewriting. A striking feature of today's German literature is the
survival of an East German subculture characterized by its authors'
self-reflexive concern with their own lives, not only in texts
labeled as autobiography but also those in the more ambiguous
territory of what Christa Wolf has called "subjective
authenticity." Dennis Tate provides the first detailed account of
this phenomenon: its origins in the 1930s' exile debates, its
evolution during the GDR's lifespan, and its manifestations in the
work of five East German authors still widely read today: Brigitte
Reimann, Franz Fühmann, Stefan Heym, Günter de Bruyn, and Christa
Wolf. Tate shows how the preoccupation with self arose fromthe
unusually turbulent circumstances in which this generation has
lived. Having succumbed early to the temptation to simplify their
life stories for misguided educational purposes, these authors have
repeatedly reconstructed their personal and political identities as
their perspectives on the past have shifted. Tate shows the
importance of viewing their autobiographical writing as a
multilayered historical process, exposing problems with canonical
accounts of East German literature and enabling texts published
under GDR censorship to be properly appreciated for the first time.
Dennis Tate is Professor of German Studies at the University of
Bath, UK.
General
| Imprint: |
Camden House
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture |
| Release date: |
August 2007 |
| First published: |
2007 |
| Authors: |
Dennis Tate
(Professor of German Literature)
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
275 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-57113-372-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-57113-372-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781571133724 |
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