Shifting Perspectives - East German Autobiographical Narratives before and after the End of the GDR

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Dennis Tate
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2007
• EAN: 9781571133724
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-372-4
• No. of pages: 275
• Weight: 562 g
• Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture; Studies in German Literature,; Studies in German Literature L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)