Shifting perspectives : East German autobiographical narratives before and after the end of the GDR /
Tate provides a detailed account of 'subjective authenticity' in German literature: 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: Brigitte Reinmann, Franz Fühmann, Stefan Heym, Gu...
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| Language: | English |
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Rochester, N.Y. :
Camden House
©2007.
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| Series: | Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt81hvg |
Table of Contents:
- Autobiographical writing in the East German context and beyond
- Brigitte Reimann: the constraints of first-person fiction
- Franz Fühmann: the deconstruction of an "exemplary" biography
- Stefan Heym: strategies of self-concealment in fictional and autobiographical mode
- Günter de Bruyn: from the "lies" of fiction to the "truth" of autobiography?
- Christa Wolf: "subjective authenticity" in practice: an evolving.