Holocaust in the Central European Literatures & Cultures Since 1989

ISBN-13: 9783838205120 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2014 / 372 str.

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Ibler

Opis

Text in English & German. This volume assembles 22 English and German contributions dealing with the literature and culture of the Holocaust in the years since 1989 thereby focussing on Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. It becomes apparent from these essays that the Nazi genocide continues to be a pivotal issue in literature, theatre and film even at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. Included are overviews of the literary and cultural developments of the last decades, comparative studies and numerous analyses of the works of individual authors of the older as well as the middle and younger generation. Among the authors whose works are discussed are R. Kluger, R Ligocka, L Weliczker, A Bart, M Bienczyk, M Tulli, Z Rudzka, O B Kraus, M Uhde, A Goldflam, J Topol, I Douskova, R Denemarkova and H Andronikova. The growing use of provocative and taboo-breaking forms of expression turns out to be an important instrument in keeping the memory of the horrible events alive in the collective memory.

O autorze

Sascha Feuchert ist Leiter der Arbeitsstelle Holocaustliteratur an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen und Honorarprofessor für "German and Holocaustliterature" an der Eastern Michigan University, Michigan (USA). Mitglied im internationalen PEN. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Ibler, Jahrgang 1952, studierte West- und Südslavische Philologie, Russische Philologie und Anglistik in Regensburg und Prag. Promotion 1987, Habilitation 1992/93. Ordinarius für Slavische Philologie (Literaturwissenschaft) an den Universitäten Magdeburg (1994-1999), Marburg (1999-2006) und Gießen (seit 2006). Zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen zur russischen, tschechischen und polnischen Literatur, zur vergleichenden slavischen Literaturgeschichte und zur Literaturtheorie.