Shifting Perspectives
East German Autobiographical Narratives before and after the End of the GDR
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2007
275 pages
978-1-57113-704-3 (ISBN)
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First treatment of a conspicuously East German feature in today's German literature, that of autobiographical writing -- and rewriting.
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Dennis Tate
Shifting Perspectives
East German Autobiographical Narratives before and after the End of the GDR
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08/2007
Camden House Inc
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Content
Introduction: East German Autobiographical Prose: Challenging Conventional Genre Distinctions
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 Autobiographical Project
Bibliography
Index
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 Autobiographical Project
Bibliography
Index
