The Novel in German since 1990

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Explores the diversity of the post-1990 novel in German through readings of international bestsellers and less familiar texts.

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Full title :The Novel in German since 1990.

Summary

Explores the diversity of the post-1990 novel in German through readings of international bestsellers and less familiar texts.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description:1 ressource en ligne (320 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139117289, 1139117289, 9781139127943, 1139127942, 1139115111, 9781139115117, 9780511667558, 0511667558
oclc:on1104424103
LC Classification:PT772
Dewey Decimal:833.9209

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The novel in German since 1990; The problem with the German novel; From the German novel to the novel in German; The novel in German and the present; The novel in German and the past; The transnational novel in German?; The novel in German since 1990; Notes; Chapter 1 Robert Schindel's Gebürtig (Born-Where); Post-Holocaust Jewish identity in the second generation; Variation I: speaking -- (un)inhibitedness; Variation II: writing -- coughing up; (Preliminary) finale -- fragments; Notes.

Chapter 2 Günter Grass's Ein weites Feld (Too Far Afield)Lateness in ein weites feld; Reading late style and constructing celebrity; Günter Grass, late style and literary celebrity; Notes; Chapter 3 Thomas Brussig's Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us); History as master-narrative; Questionable historical sources; The use of language; The role of literature in writing about history; Notes; Chapter 4 Christa Wolf's Medea. Stimmen (Medea. A Modern Retelling); A post-unification parable: gender and generation; Notes; Chapter 5 Zafer Senocak's Gefährliche Verwandtschaft (Perilous Kinship); Notes.

Chapter 6 Monika Maron's Endmoränen (End Mor…

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc German fiction German fiction -- History and criticism… German fiction -- History and criticism… German fiction -- History and criticism… German-speaking Europe Roman allemand -- Histoire et critique.… Roman allemand -- Histoire et critique.… Roman allemand -- Histoire et critique.…