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Humor, Satire, and Identity: Eastern German Literature in the 1990s

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2007
ISBN
3110195992, 9783110195996
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2936750 bytes)
Pages
471\485
Time added
2017-04-19 20:32:15

Description

This is the first book in English to explore the Eastern German literary trend of the 1990s employing humor and satire to come to terms with socialism´s failure and a difficult unification process. The ten novels in this survey include works by Brussig, Schulze, and Hensel. These popular, contemporary texts help define Germany today from a specific, East German perspective. Grounded in politics and history, the texts are analyzed for their literary aesthetics, cultural critiques, and socio-political insights. Several original author interviews are appended as primary sources.

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