Refractions of the Third Reich in German and Austrian fiction and film / Chloe Paver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paver, Chloe E. M.

Series:

Oxford studies in modern European culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--20th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

Austrian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Austrian literature.

Motion pictures, German--History.

Motion pictures, German.

National socialism in literature.

National socialism in motion pictures.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Six decades after the defeat of National Socialism, commemoration and mourning are ongoing projects in Germany and Austria, and continue to generate a steady stream of literature and film about the Nazi past that, while comparatively modest in volume, is often disproportionately influential in public debates. At the same time, new museums and memorials are being established all the time, in what Andreas Huyssen has called a `memory boom', and even at established sites of memory what is remembered and how it is remembered is subject to continuous change. Scholars have to keep pace with each new development in this culture of commemoration. Rather than add to the growing body of surveys of literature and film about the Third Reich, this study instead puts scholars' critical approaches under the microscope. Chloe Paver considers how far the object of the study is not just analysed but also constructed by the scholar's approach and identifies the criteria by which academics judge the value of works that deal with the Third Reich.

This book brings together aspects of film, fiction, and memorial culture, paying as much attention to images (and in the case of film to sound) as it does to text. Social contexts and practices are also examined, Particularly in connection with memorials and exhibitions at former sites of terror.

Contents:

1 Beyond Celebration / Michael Verhoeven's Das schreckliche Madchen 14

2 Generation and Nation / Peter Schneider's Vati, Bernhard Schlink's Der Vorleser 29

3 Documentary and Gender / Helga Schubert's Judasfrauen, Helke Sander's BeFreier und Befreite, Ruth Beckermann's Jenseits des Krieges 52

4 Sound Effects and Language Barriers / Marcel Beyer's Flughunde, Michel Tournier's Le Roi des Aulnes, Volker Schlondorff's Der Unhold 86

5 Memorial Landscapes / Mauthausen, Ebensee, Christoph Ransmayr's Morbus Kitahara 121.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199266111

0199266115

OCLC:

70764466