Rhetorik der Erinnerung – Literatur und Gedächtnis in den ›geschlossenen Gesellschaften‹ des Real-Sozialismus

Edited by Carsten Gansel Series edited by Carsten Gansel Series edited by Hermann Korte

Book cover: Rhetorik der Erinnerung – Literatur und Gedächtnis in den ›geschlossenen Gesellschaften‹ des Real-Sozialismus

Extent: 453 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(March 2009)

ISBN: 9783899715439

6.46 x 9.69 inches

Price: $113.00

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Aktuelle Aspekte von Erinnerungskulturen in den Landern des Real-Sozialismus vor und nach 1989.


Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the retreat of socialism, there occurs to the present day a continual conflict bordering on an outright war about the preservation of the memory of pre-1989 times. Nevertheless, only sporadic study has been done on maintaining the literature of the Soviet-occupied zone and later East Germany (or of the other countries of the Soviet Block for that matter). The theme of this volume centers around current aspects of remembrance culture in the socialist countries both before and after 1989. The contributions show how the interplay of narrative, iconic, and ritual forms of collective memory came to be formed. This is exemplarily done using individual texts and authors. The result reveals how generation-specific experiences and memories were produced in the texts. This look at authors and their texts emphasizes how overstepping the tolerance boundaries of closed societies can be interpreted as disturbing normality and a destabilization, with corresponding sanctions. German text.

Prof. Dr. Carsten Gansel lehrt Neuere deutsche Literatur und Germanistische Literatur- und Mediendidaktik an der Universität Gießen. Er ist zudem Vorsitzender der Jury zur Verleihung des Uwe-Johnson-Literaturpreises sowie des Uwe-Johnson-Förderpreises und Mitglied des P.E.N.-Zentrums Deutschland. 2012 wurde er für den Diefenbaker Award (Canada) nominiert.

  • Edited by Carsten Gansel
  • Series edited by Carsten Gansel
  • Series edited by Hermann Korte