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Identität, familie und geschichte oder das scheitern der sozialistischen utopie
| Resumo: | In the German literary landscape of the last decade, the re-emergence of the family novel, both biographical and fictional, should be related to the huge interest in “memory studies” since the early 1990s. Brought into the microcosm of the family circle the difficult German history seems to be more easily understood and through the literary mediation easily transformed into cultural memory (A. Assmann). This article examines Eugen Ruge’s debut novel In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts (2011) as a good example of this literary trend. Attention will also turn to the transformation of familial and collective history into memory and it will focus on the way it is done: without “nostalgie” and full of subtle humor. |
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| Autores principais: | Guarda, Filomena Viana, 1958- |
| Assunto: | Family novel Cultural memory East German history Generational transmition |
| Ano: | 2013 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | alemão |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | In the German literary landscape of the last decade, the re-emergence of the family novel, both biographical and fictional, should be related to the huge interest in “memory studies” since the early 1990s. Brought into the microcosm of the family circle the difficult German history seems to be more easily understood and through the literary mediation easily transformed into cultural memory (A. Assmann). This article examines Eugen Ruge’s debut novel In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts (2011) as a good example of this literary trend. Attention will also turn to the transformation of familial and collective history into memory and it will focus on the way it is done: without “nostalgie” and full of subtle humor. |
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