Ambivalent Literary Farewells to the German Democratic Republic : : What is Lost / / John David Pizer.
This study reverses the question implicit in title of Christa Wolf’s now-canonical 1990 novella Was bleibt (What remains), looking instead at what was lost during the process of German reunification. It argues that, in their work during and after the Wende, most literary authors from both East and W...
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Pizer, John David, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Ambivalent Literary Farewells to the German Democratic Republic : What is Lost / John David Pizer. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (VIII, 199 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies , 1861-8030 ; 30 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Translations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Literary Resistance to Reunification Perceived as Colonization in Novels by Günter Grass, Christa Wolf, and Volker Braun -- Chapter 2 Europe in East Berlin: Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s Ostalgic Constructions -- Chapter 3 Non-Simultaneity and its Corrective: Thomas Brussig’s Ambivalent Engagement with Reunification -- Chapter 4 Performing Reunification as Tragicomedy: Ingo Schulze -- Chapter 5 Time out of Joint in Uwe Tellkamp’s The Towe -- Coda: Contra Grass: The Embrace of Reunification by Martin Walser, Monika Maron, and Fritz Rudolf Fries as well as the Beginning of the End of Autobiographical Literary Farewells to the GDR -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This study reverses the question implicit in title of Christa Wolf’s now-canonical 1990 novella Was bleibt (What remains), looking instead at what was lost during the process of German reunification. It argues that, in their work during and after the Wende, most literary authors from both East and West Germany responded ambivalently to the reunification. Many felt, on the one hand, a keen sense of loss as the GDR dissolved and an expanded Federal Republic summarily absorbed former Eastern Germany. They mourned the ideals of democratic socialism, tolerance, and internationalism that the GDR had held dear, as well as the country’s rich cultural life. On the other hand, however, they recognized that the GDR was a fundamentally corrupt surveillance state whose industry weighed heavily on the environment while failing to buoy the country’s economy. By looking at works by some of the most important authors from either side of the border, this study shows that those who unequivocally embraced the reunification were clearly in the minority. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) German literature 20th century History and criticism. Literature and society Germany History 20th century. Politics and literature Germany History 20th century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Berlin Wall. Reunification. ambivalence. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021 9783110750720 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2021 Part 1 9783110750706 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English 9783110754001 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 9783110753776 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 English 9783110754124 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 9783110753899 ZDB-23-DKU EPUB 9783110725100 print 9783110724080 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110725032 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110725032 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110725032/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Translations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Literary Resistance to Reunification Perceived as Colonization in Novels by Günter Grass, Christa Wolf, and Volker Braun -- Chapter 2 Europe in East Berlin: Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s Ostalgic Constructions -- Chapter 3 Non-Simultaneity and its Corrective: Thomas Brussig’s Ambivalent Engagement with Reunification -- Chapter 4 Performing Reunification as Tragicomedy: Ingo Schulze -- Chapter 5 Time out of Joint in Uwe Tellkamp’s The Towe -- Coda: Contra Grass: The Embrace of Reunification by Martin Walser, Monika Maron, and Fritz Rudolf Fries as well as the Beginning of the End of Autobiographical Literary Farewells to the GDR -- Bibliography -- Index |
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