"Modern German Literature" - доступный и свежий обзор немецкой литературы с 1750 года, который является кейс-стади литературы как культурного и духовного ресурса в современных обществах. Начиная с возникновения немецкой литературы на международной арене в середине XVIII века, книга игнорирует традиционные ярлыки и периодизацию немецкой литературной истории в пользу объяснительной силы международного культурного влияния. Книга объясняет, например, как специфические немецкие и австрийские условия формировали крупные вклады в европейскую литературную культуру, такие как Романтизм и "языковой скептицизм" начала XX века. С первой мировой войны до объединения в 1990 году, определяющими для Германии были катастрофические события. Книга предоставляет убедительный обзор различных способов, которыми немецкая литература реагировала на исторические катастрофы. Это, во-первых, модернизм (литература отрицания), во-вторых, литература тоталитарных режимов (Третий рейх и Германская Демократическая Республика) и, в-третьих, различные творческие стратегии и уклонения капиталистических демократических мультимедийных культур Веймарской и Федеральной Республик. Книга достигает баланса между текстовым анализом и культурной теорией, что делает ее ценным источником введения и оригинальным исследованием, и как таковая будет обязательной для чтения для студентов и ученых.
Michael Minden offers this accessible and refreshing introduction to modern German literature with a contemporary view on the subject. This book explores literature in the context of its cultural and spiritual role in modern society, applying a sophisticated model for justifying label changing and significant literary processes. Beginning from the advent of cultural activity through to the height of Literary Catastrophe, Minden analyses diversity within the sphere of poetry, drama, fiction and nonfiction in his unique paper framing. The thorough regimen of discussion is filled with old and new literary treasures, making this a must-have tome among all avid German literature lovers.
This accessible and groundbreaking account of modern German writing begins by showcasing contributions from international literature, as well as the ways that German literature has shaped the development of European literature.
Contrasting European cultural milestones like Romanticism to German experiences at the turn of the century, this book highlights literature as something more than a collection of genres or periods; it instead equates literature to the conceptual backdrops of society, regardless of whether these backdrops are dictated by social or societal crises.
The book's methods of analysis can be broadly divided into six parts, each emphasizing the specific literary styles of certain historical periods. This historical approach allows for audience members all subcultures and backgrounds, with a breadth of perspectives offered to new readers by experts at their forefront. Featuring wealth of insight, understandings, and an already essential read for scholars and any reader curious to expand their understanding of the literary world, this volume truly embodies that literature does not need the divide of 'genre' since it exemplifies every aspect of literary discourse encompassing them all under one framework: "the Life-Writing.
Электронная Книга «Modern German Literature» написана автором Michael Minden в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780745674537
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This accessible and fresh account of German writing since 1750 is a case study of literature as a cultural and spiritual resource in modern societies. Beginning with the emergence of German language literature on the international stage in the mid-eighteenth century, the book plays down conventional labels and periodisation of German literary history in favour of the explanatory force of international cultural impact. It explains, for instance, how specifically German and Austrian conditions shaped major contributions to European literary culture such as Romanticism and the ‘language scepticism’ of the early twentieth century. From the First World War until reunification in 1990, Germany’s defining experiences have been ones of catastrophe. The book provides a compelling overview of the different ways in which German literature responded to historical disaster. They are, first, Modernism (the ‘Literature of Negation’), second, the literature of totalitarian regimes (Third Reich and German Democratic Republic), and third the various creative strategies and evasions of the capitalist democratic multi-medial cultures of the Weimar and Federal Republics. The volume achieves a balance between textual analysis and cultural theory that gives it value as an introductory reference source and as an original study and as such will be essential reading for students and scholars alike.
