This study develops an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis
of the cultural history of the German Democratic Republic,
examining the interaction between intellectuals and Party
functionaries from a literary and historical perspective. Divided
into three case studies, the work focuses on writers positioned
along a spectrum of conformity and dissent and who had quite
different relationships to political power: Hermann Kant, Stefan
Heym and Elfriede Bruning. Drawing on and comparing unpublished
archive material, autobiography and the literary output of the
three named writers, this study brings to the fore the ambiguities
and contradictions of intellectual life in the GDR. Tensions
between the different sources point towards tensions inherent in
the subject positions of writers, publishers, reviewers and
cultural authorities. This granular approach to the study of GDR
cultural history challenges top-down interpretations and builds
into a theoretical understanding of GDR cultural life based on the
concepts of ambiguity and ambivalence and the increasing
fragmentation of ideology. Comparison with other spheres of GDR
life points towards the significance of these concepts for the
study of East German society as a whole.
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