| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 185 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture |
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
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| Contents |
After empire: "postcolonial" Bukovina in Gregor von Rezzori's Blumen im Schnee (1989) -- Transnistria and the Bukovinian Holocaust in Edgar Hilsenrath's Die Abenteuer des Ruben Jablonski (1999) -- Narrating history and subjectivity: Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Erica Pedretti's Engste Heimat (1995) -- The discourse of discontent: politics and dictatorship in Herta Müller's Herztier (1994) |
| Summary |
This study focuses on the complex legacy of the German and Austrian political and cultural presence in East Central Europe in the twentieth century. It contributes to the discussion of 'German' identity in eastern Europe, and has important implications for German, Austrian, and East European studies. It addresses the specific situations of the former Habsburg regions of Bukovina (the Ukraine/Romania), Moravia (the Czech Republic), and Banat (Romania) as illustrated in contemporary literature by German-speaking authors, such as Herta Müller, Erica Pedretti, Gregor von Rezzori, and Edgar Hilsenrath. The works of these authors constitute contrastive historiographic narratives of the multiethnic regions of East-Central Europe under a series of oppressive regimes: first Austrian imperialism, and then German and Romanian fascism in Bukovina; National Socialism in Moravia, and Communism in Romania. Valentina Glajar investigates these narratives as representations of multicultural East Central Europe in German-language literature that show the political and ethnic tensions between Germans and local peoples that marked these regions throughout the 20th century, often with tragic consequences. The study thus expands and diversifies the understanding of German literature and challenges the concept of a homogeneous German identity reaching far beyond the borders of the German-speaking countries. Valentina Glajar is assistant professor of German at Southwest Texas State University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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German literature -- Europe, Eastern -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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Civilization -- German influences.
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German literature.
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Letterkunde.
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Duits.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Eastern -- Civilization -- German influences
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| Subject |
Eastern Europe.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781571136442 |
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1571136444 |
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1281949167 |
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9781281949165 |
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9786611949167 |
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661194916X |
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