Mapping the Contours of Oppression
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Mapping the Contours of Oppression: Subjectivity, Truth and Fiction in Recent German Autobiographical Treatments of Totalitarianism(156 Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur)

Mapping the Contours of Oppression: Subjectivity, Truth and Fiction in Recent German Autobiographical Treatments of Totalitarianism(156 Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur)


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Despite all the assertions towards the end of the twentieth century that the literary subject had expired along with the author, the wave of autobiographies published in German after the Wende was a clear indication that, on the contrary, life stories were very much alive. In this study, Owen Evans examines the work of eight authors – Ludwig Harig, Uwe Saeger, Ruth Klüger, Günter de Bruyn, Günter Kunert, Christoph Hein, Grete Weil and Monika Maron – who all published personal texts after 1989 dealing either with life in Nazi Germany or the GDR, and in some cases both. By means of close textual analysis, Evans explores the impact these regimes had on the individuals concerned and the contrasting ways in which the authors handle the autobiographical project. They adopt varying textual strategies to render the self on the page, with some employing overt fiction, and yet in each case, the project was clearly motivated by the need to treat psychological wounds inflicted on the self by totalitarianism. In their mapping of the contours of oppression, the texts at the heart of this study combine to offer a powerful defence of literary autobiography, in Germany at least, as a valuable means of tackling the legacy of totalitarianism.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 ‘Auch ich hatte die Finger im Spiel’: Ludwig Harig, Weh dem, der aus der Reihe tanzt (1990) 2 ‘Das Ich liegt immer jenseits der Worte’: Uwe Saeger, Die Nacht danach und der Morgen (1991) 3 ‘Für jeden war es einmalig’: Ruth Klüger, weiter leben: Eine Jugend (1992) 4 ‘Taktieren mit der Macht’: Günter de Bruyn, Zwischenbilanz: Eine Jugend in Berlin (1992) and Vierzig Jahre: Ein Lebensbericht (1996) 5 ‘Die Katalyse des Schreibens’: Günter Kunert, Erwachsenenspiele: Erinnerungen (1997) 6 ‘“Man soll nie lügen. Oder nur, wenn es nicht anders geht”’: Christoph Hein, Von allem Anfang an (1997) 7 ‘Es gab nur noch die eine Aufgabe: Gegen das Vergessen anzuschreiben’: Grete Weil, Leb ich denn, wenn andere leben (1998) 8 ‘Mutmaßungen über Pawel’: Monika Maron, Pawels Briefe: Eine Familiengeschichte (1999) Conclusion Bibliography Index


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  • ISBN-13: 9789042017191
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Editions Rodopi B.V.
  • Height: 220 mm
  • No of Pages: 356
  • Series Title: 156 Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur
  • Weight: 566 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9042017198
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Subjectivity, Truth and Fiction in Recent German Autobiographical Treatments of Totalitarianism
  • Width: 150 mm


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