Author: Lee Byron JenningsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780317088625
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The ludicrous demon : aspects of the grotesque in German post-romantic prose
Author: Lee Byron JenningsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780317088625
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Ludicrous Demon
Author: Lee Byron JenningsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Homeopathy of the Absurd
Author: E. M. BeekmanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401575800
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Humor, Satire, and Identity
Author: Jill E. TwarkPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110195996
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Explores the Eastern German literary trend of the 1990s employing humor and satire to come to terms with socialism's failure and a difficult unification process. This title surveys ten novels including, works by Brussig, Schulze, and Hensel. These contemporary texts help define Germany today from a specific, East German perspective.
The Evolution of Apollinaire's Poetics, 1901-1914
Author: Francis J. CarmodyPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Art-Union
Author: The Art Journal
Author: Fiction of the Modern Grotesque
Author: Bernard McElroyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349200948
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The art journal London
Author: Humor, Satire, and Identity
Author: Jill TwarkPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110958147
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
This is the first book in English to survey the Eastern German literary trend of employing humor and satire to come to terms with experiences in the German Democratic Republic and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. As sophisticated attempts to make sense of socialism’s failure and a difficult unification process, these contemporary texts help define Germany today from a specific, Eastern German perspective. Grounded in politics and history, ten humorous and satirical novels are analyzed for their literary aesthetics and language, cultural critiques, and socio-political insights. The texts include popular novels such as Thomas Brussig’s Helden wie wir, Ingo Schulze’s Simple Storys, and Jens Sparschuh’s Der Zimmerspringbrunnen, as well as lesser-known but equally relevant works like Schlehweins Giraffe by Bernd Schirmer and Katerfrühstück by Erich Loest. A broad spectrum of humor and satire theories is applied to probe texts from various angles and suggest multi-layered answers to the question of how these literary modes function in postwall Germany to construct a specifically Eastern German identity. Interviews the author conducted with five of the satirists are appended as primary sources and contribute to the interpretation of the texts.