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Searching for a New German Identity

Heiner Müller and the Geschichtsdrama

Produktform: Buch / Einband - flex.(Paperback)

This book investigates Heiner Müller’s use of the as a tool in his search for post-World War II and post-reunification German identity in (1956/1971) (1996), respectively. By using specific examples organized into relevant categories, the author demonstrates not only how these historical, allegorical, and political persons and events have affected the course of German history in Müller’s opinion, but also how he believes they have influenced German identity of the past and present and may affect its future. In her analyses of these two dramas, the author explores the many historical, political, and allegorical characters as well as the abundant intertextual references by locating their original sources in order to explain their significance as each relates to Müller’s perception of German identity at various points in time. The research focuses on Müller’s use of the literary techniques of intertextuality, collage, metaphors, allegorical figures, political songs, ballads, and fairy tales. The methodological approach is eclectic: a mixture of New Criticism, New Historicism, and .weiterlesen

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Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-3-03911-048-3 / 978-3039110483 / 9783039110483

Verlag: Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers

Erscheinungsdatum: 03.06.2008

Seiten: 456

Auflage: 1

Autor(en): Theresa M. Ganter

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