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Science fiction literature in East Germany / Sonja Fritzsche

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: East German studies/DDR-Studien ; volume 15Publisher: Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; Frankfurt am Main ; New York ; Wien : Peter Lang, 2018Description: 1 Online-Ressource (333 Seiten) : IllustrationenISBN:
  • 9781788745642
  • 9781788745659
  • 9781788745666
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783039107391 | 3039107399 | Erscheint auch als: Science fiction literature in East Germany. Druck-Ausgabe Oxford : Lang, 2006. 333 SeitenDDC classification:
  • 833.08762099431
  • 833.08762090914
RVK: RVK: GN 1949 | EC 6745 | GN 1522Online resources: Summary: East German science fiction enabled its authors to create a subversive space in another time and place. One of the country’s most popular genres, it outlined futures that often went beyond the party’s official version. Many utopian stories provided a corrective vision, intended to preserve and improve upon East German communism. This study is an introduction to East German science fiction. The book begins with a chapter on German science fiction before 1949. It then spans the entire existence of the country (1949-1990) and outlines key topics essential to understanding the genre: popular literature, socialist realism, censorship, fandom, and international science fiction. An in-depth discussion addresses notions of high and low literature, elements of the fantastic and utopia as critical narrative strategies, ideology and realism in East German literature, gender, and the relation between literature and science. Through a close textual analysis of three science fiction novels, the author expands East German literary history to include science fiction as a valuable source for developing a multi-faceted understanding of the country’s short history. Finally, an epilogue notes new titles and developments since the fall of the Berlin Wall.Original version: Originalfassung: 2006PPN: PPN: 1778540333Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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