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Re-forming the Nation in Literature and Film - Entwürfe zur Nation in Literatur und Film; The Patriotic Idea in Contemporary German-Language Culture-

Re-forming the Nation in Literature and Film - Entwürfe zur Nation in Literatur und Film; The Patriotic Idea in Contemporary German-Language Culture-

Preece, Julian

Paperback

Series: Leeds-Swansea Colloquia on Contemporary German Literature, Book 3

Literary CriticismTelevisionFilm Studies

ISBN10: 3034317301
ISBN13: 9783034317306
Publisher: Peter Lang UK
Published: Dec 12 2013
Pages: 322
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the year that Europe commemorates the centenary of the outbreak of World War I and the European Union faces a crisis of legitimacy, the national question is once again being posed across the Continent. This volume assesses how contemporary German-language writers and filmmakers have approached this troubled question over the last decade. It addresses whether the collective entity known as Germany should more properly be conflated with the Federal Republic, with its successful sixty-five-year history ('the best Germany we have ever had'), rather than the 'nation' with all its tainted connotations and corrupted concepts such as 'Vaterland'. Contemporary Germany is a product not only of its history up to 1945 but also of the process of understanding that history and acting upon that understanding since the defeat of National Socialism. Each of the sixteen essays collected here illuminates a different segment of a bigger picture, whose shape and shades are themselves evolving. Presented as a whole their purpose is to provoke further discussion among observers of the contemporary German-speaking scene.

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