ISBN:
1640140212
,
9781640140219
Language:
English
Pages:
vi, 263 Seiten
Year of publication:
2018
Series Statement:
Dialogue and disjunction: studies in Jewish German literature, culture and thought
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als German Jewish literature after 1990
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als German Jewish literature after 1990
DDC:
830.98924
Keywords:
German prose literature Jewish authors
;
History and criticism
;
German prose literature History and criticism 20th century
;
German prose literature History and criticism 21st century
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Interview
;
Deutsch
;
Literatur
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1990-2018
;
Deutsch
;
Jüdische Literatur
;
Geschichte 1990-2018
;
Deutsch
;
Jüdische Literatur
;
Prosa
;
Geschichte 1990-
Abstract:
The 1990 reunification of Germany gave rise to a new generation of writers who write in German, identify as both German and Jewish, and often also sustain cultural affiliations with places such as Russia, Azerbaijan, or Israel. This edited volume traces the development of this new literature into the present, offers fresh interpretations of individual works, and probes the very concept of "German Jewish literature." A central theme is the transformation of memory at a time when the Holocaust is moving into greater historical distance while the influx of new immigrant groups to Germany brings other past trauma into view. The volume's ten original essays by scholars from Europe and the U.S. reframe the debates about Holocaust memory and contemporary German culture. The concluding interviews with authors Mirna Funk and Olga Grjasnowa offer a glimpse into the future of German Jewish literature.
Note:
Aus acknowledgments: "the majority of the essays in this volume originated in a 2014 GSA seminar titled "German Jewish Literature after 1945: working through and beyond the Holocaust"
