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Late socialism as a narrative problem: Christoph Hein and the limits of the Novella

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Norberg, J
Published in: German Studies Review
February 1, 2015

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.

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German Studies Review

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0149-7952

Publication Date

February 1, 2015

Volume

38

Issue

1

Start / End Page

63 / 82

Related Subject Headings

  • History
  • 4303 Historical studies
  • 2103 Historical Studies
  • 2005 Literary Studies
  • 2002 Cultural Studies
 

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Norberg, J. (2015). Late socialism as a narrative problem: Christoph Hein and the limits of the Novella. German Studies Review, 38(1), 63–82. https://doi.org/10.1353/gsr.2015.0023
Norberg, J. “Late socialism as a narrative problem: Christoph Hein and the limits of the Novella.” German Studies Review 38, no. 1 (February 1, 2015): 63–82. https://doi.org/10.1353/gsr.2015.0023.
Norberg J. Late socialism as a narrative problem: Christoph Hein and the limits of the Novella. German Studies Review. 2015 Feb 1;38(1):63–82.
Norberg, J. “Late socialism as a narrative problem: Christoph Hein and the limits of the Novella.” German Studies Review, vol. 38, no. 1, Feb. 2015, pp. 63–82. Scopus, doi:10.1353/gsr.2015.0023.
Norberg J. Late socialism as a narrative problem: Christoph Hein and the limits of the Novella. German Studies Review. 2015 Feb 1;38(1):63–82.
Journal cover image

Published In

German Studies Review

DOI

ISSN

0149-7952

Publication Date

February 1, 2015

Volume

38

Issue

1

Start / End Page

63 / 82

Related Subject Headings

  • History
  • 4303 Historical studies
  • 2103 Historical Studies
  • 2005 Literary Studies
  • 2002 Cultural Studies