Perspektiven literarischer Geschichtsschreibung: Christa Wolf und Uwe Johnson

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-89971-757-0
Verlag: V&R unipress

Buch, Deutsch, Band Band 010, 684 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1380 g

Reihe: Johnson-Studien

Christa Wolf and Uwe Johnson have repeatedly been said to have engaged in a "literary dialogue" (Hoppe). However, their novels represented two supposedly different German literatures.Twenty years after the Fall of the German Wall, it is about time to compare those two canonical authors and their works in order to systematically include them into German literary history. The present study describes Johnson's and Wolf's works as adopting two differing perspectives on German history, two ways of dealing with the conflict between the state and the individual, and two ways of telling stories about one's homeland and about hope. In addition to analysing some of Wolf's and Johnson's pivotal poetological texts, the present doctoral thesis explores Johnson's "Mutmassungen über Jakob", "Das dritte Buch über Achim" und "Jahrestage" as well as Wolf's novels "Der geteilte Himmel", "Nachdenken über Christa T." and "Kindheitsmuster". This dissertation is the first German monograph on the topic. It critically reviews and assesses current and former research on the matter and thus provides a profound basis for further discussion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Felsner, Kristin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Fahlke, Eberhard

Fries, Ulrich

Hanuschek, Sven

Helbig, Holger

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Rezeption, literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation

Leseproben

Christa Wolf and Uwe Johnson have repeatedly been said to have engaged in a "literary dialogue" (Hoppe). However, their novels represented two supposedly different German literatures.Twenty years after the Fall of the German Wall, it is about time to compare those two canonical authors and their works in order to systematically include them into German literary history. The present study describes Johnson's and Wolf's works as adopting two differing perspectives on German history, two ways of dealing with the conflict between the state and the individual, and two ways of telling stories about one's homeland and about hope. In addition to analysing some of Wolf's and Johnson's pivotal poetological texts, the present doctoral thesis explores Johnson's "Mutmassungen über Jakob", "Das dritte Buch über Achim" und "Jahrestage" as well as Wolf's novels "Der geteilte Himmel", "Nachdenken über Christa T." and "Kindheitsmuster". This dissertation is the first German monograph on the topic. It critically reviews and assesses current and former research on the matter and thus provides a profound basis for further discussion.>

Über Autor(innen)

Fries, Ulrich
Dr. phil. Ulrich Fries ist Unternehmer.

Helbig, Holger
Prof. Dr. Holger Helbig lehrt Literaturwissenschaft am Institut für Germanistik der Universität Rostock.

Felsner, Kristin
Dr. Kristin Felsner ist Studienreferendarin an einem bayerischen Gymnasium. Sie unterrichtet die Fächer Deutsch und Latein.

Dr. Kristin Felsner ist Studienreferendarin an einem bayerischen Gymnasium. Sie unterrichtet die Fächer Deutsch und Latein.