Late socialism as a narrative problem: Christoph Hein and the limits of the Novella
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Christoph Hein's Der fremde Freund, published in the GDR in 1982, counts as a paradigmatic postwar German novella. While the text announces its genre membership explicitly, it fails, or perhaps refuses, to substantiate fully its initial self-categorization. Indeed, its ambiguous adherence to the premises of this eventfocused genre highlights how the use of a particular generic format to organize narrative material can serve to foreground and conceal, activate and deactivate ideological meanings.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Norberg, J
Published Date
- February 1, 2015
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 38 / 1
Start / End Page
- 63 - 82
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0149-7952
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1353/gsr.2015.0023
Citation Source
- Scopus