Erzählen vom Widerstand als Erzählen von Gemeinschaft - Literarische Repräsentationen des Widerstands gegen den Nationalsozialismus in (West-)Deutschland (1945-1989)

After the Second World War, resistance against the Nazis quickly became a popular literary topic. By 1989, around twenty novels, plays and short stories had been published in West Germany. The author shows that these (at first glance) quite different texts contribute to the imagination and reflection of major societal groups. They achieve this by delineating the national socialist "Other" on the one hand and by the "narrative draft" of an oppositional continuity on the other. From constructivist concepts of community and collective identity arises a typology distinguishing three diverse literary community designs: the rehabilitation of the national community, the destabilization of established communities and the modification of the anti-fascist community.

About the author

Dr. Miriam Schumacher promovierte an der Universität Oldenburg, wo sie bis 2015 als Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Bereich Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft tätig war.

Product details

• Authors: Miriam Schumacher
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2016
• EAN: 9783847105855
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-0585-5
• No. of pages: 375
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 236 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 669 g
• Series: Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien; Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien 021; Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien; Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien 021
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies