Autobiographical Progression in the Writings of Christa Wolf : Nachdenken über Christa T. (1968), Kindheitsmuster (1976), and Ein Tag im Jahr (2003)

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nunan, Anna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiography in literature.

Wolf, Christa--Criticism and interpretation.

Wolf, Christa. Kindheitsmuster.

Wolf, Christa. Nachdenken u ̈ber Christa T.

Wolf, Christa. Tag im jahr.

Autobiography.

Wolf, Christa.

Wolf, Christa. Nachdenken über Christa T.

Local Subjects:

Autobiography in literature.

Wolf, Christa--Criticism and interpretation.

Wolf, Christa. Kindheitsmuster.

Wolf, Christa. Nachdenken u ̈ber Christa T.

Wolf, Christa. Tag im jahr.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work examines Wolf's significance as a female writer and her tendency towards autobiographical writing.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Theoretical Perspective on Autobiography: Christa Wolf's Nachdenken uber Christa T., Kindheitsmuster and Ein Tagim Jahr.; 1.1 The 'Orgins' of Autobiography: Saint Augustine's Confessions; 1.2 Variation on the ""model"": Saint Teresa's Book of Her Life; 1.3 The other ""original"": Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions; 1.4 Christa Wolf's Links to Romantic Self-Expression; 1.5 Influential Theorists of Autobiography: Georges Gusdorf and Philippe Lejeune

1.6 Deconstructive Reaction to Gusdorf and Lejeune: Paul de Man1.7 Writing Autobiography Against Itself: Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes; 1.8 ""What is an author?""of Autobiography; 1.9 Feminism and Autobiography; 1.10 Nachdenken uber Christa T., Kindheitsmuster and Ein Tag im Jahr and the Autobiographical Tradition; 2. Beginning Autobiography in Nachdenken uber Christa T.; 2.1 Early Reception of Nachdenken uber Christa T.; 2.2 A New Literary Form; 2.3 ""Authentic"" or ""Fictional"" Figures?; 2.4 The Autobiographical Turning Point; 2.5 The Association between Death and Autobiography

2.6 Objections to an 'autobiographical' reading of Nachdenken uber Christa T.2.7 ""Die Schwierigkeit 'Ich' zu sagen""- The Claim to Female Aesthetic and its Link with Autobiography; 3. Kindheitsmuster as Autobiography: Within the Tradition and Without: Continuity between the Past and the Present; 3.1 Early Debate about Kindheitsmuster; 3.2 How does the narrator relate to the child in Kindheitsmuster?; 3.3 Closeness and distance to the mother; 3.4 Humour and Reference to Sexuality as Essentially Related to Autobiography; 3.5 Lenka: The Generational Legacy

3.6 Kindheitsmuster: Inverting the Tradition4. Ein Tag im Jahr: Journal Writing As Radical Autobiographical Project; 4.1Tepid Reception; 4.2 Christa Wold Eine Biographie: Cult portrait; 4.3 Ein Tag im Jahr: Journal Revisited; 4.4 Cult Portrait Reversed; 4.5 Self-Presentation Pre- and Post-Wende; 4.6 Hinertext; Conclusion; Bibliography of Cited Works; Index

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ISBN:

0-7734-1234-4

OCLC:

801363501