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Credit points: 16.7 3rd and 4th year
Coordinator: Dr A Lewis.
Contact: One 2.5-hour seminar per week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students will have:
- an understanding of the historical, social and moral underpinnings of contemporary German literature about the socialist past.
- a familiarity with the broad terms of the current debates around the question of victim/perpetrator and the importance of 'Vergangenheitsbewä ltigung'
- a knowledge of the different literary forms in which the topic is treated in contemporary German literature.
Content:
One of the perennial themes of German literature has been the question of individual guilt and complicity with tyranny. Since unification the question of the role of the individual in a dictatorship has become topical again. Accusations of complicity (Mitschuld) and collaboration with East Germany's dreaded secret police, the Stasi, have forced many of East Germany's most feted writers to justify their past actions. Some writers who enjoyed special privileges subsequently attempted to claim victim status for themselves (Christa Wolf). Others such as Heiner Mü ller were unashamed in telling of their meetings with the Stasi. Others see the question of guilt in far less black and white terms (Monika Maron). This subject will study a representative sample of contemporary works and essays which address the topic of the socialist past and individual complicity.
Assessment:
Written work of no more than 6,000 words.
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr A Lewis.
Contact: One 2.5-hour seminar each week
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students will have:
- an understanding of the historical, social and moral underpinnings of contemporary German literature about the socialist past.
- a familiarity with the broad terms of the current debates around the question of victim/perpetrator and the importance of 'Vergangenheitsbewä ltigung'
- a knowledge of the different literary forms in which the topic is treated in contemporary German literature.
Content:
One of the perennial themes of German literature has been the question of individual guilt and complicity with tyranny. Since unification the question of the role of the individual in a dictatorship has become topical again. Accusations of complicity (Mitschuld) and collaboration with East Germany's dreaded secret police, the Stasi, have forced many of East Germany's most feted writers to justify their past actions. Some writers who enjoyed special privileges subsequently attempted to claim victim status for themselves (Christa Wolf). Others such as Heiner Mü ller were unashamed in telling of their meetings with the Stasi. Others see the question of guilt in far less black and white terms (Monika Maron). This subject will study a representative sample of contemporary works and essays which address the topic of the socialist past and individual complicity.
Assessment:
Written work of no more than 6,000 words.
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