61 research outputs found
Ingeborg Drewitz in the Field of Literature and Politics
No full textDer aus einer Berliner Tagung im November 2003 hervorgegangene Band „Von der Unzerstörbarkeit des Menschen“ versammelt zahlreiche interessante Beiträge zu Leben und Werk der Autorin Ingeborg Drewitz. Der erste Teil des Bandes ist unter dem Titel „Vita activa“ vor allem dem vielfältigen politischen Engagement der Autorin gewidmet, während „Themen und Schreibweisen“ ihres literarischen Werks in einem sehr umfangreichen zweiten Teil behandelt werden. Insgesamt zeichnen die Texte in dem Band ein sehr differenziertes Bild von Ingeborg Drewitz als engagierter Schriftstellerin und von ihrem Werk.The volume “On Human Indestructibility” (“Von der Unzerstörbarkeit des Menschen“), which is based on a conference held in Berlin in November 2003, contains numerous interesting contributions on the life and work of the author Ingeborg Drewitz. The first part of the volume, which is entitled “Vita activa,” is dedicated to the author’s numerous political engagements, while the expansive second section, “Themes and Syntax,” approaches her literary work. In total, the texts in the volume draw a differentiated image of the politically engaged author Ingeborg Drewitz and of her work
The post-war division of Berlin and its social effects, as illustrated by the translations of three short stories by Ingeborg Drewitz
No full textThis thesis examines three short stories by Ingeborg Drewitz, translated from German to English for this specific purpose. All three stories deal with a major concern of Drewitz, namely the effects the separation between East and West Germany had on the population. The introduction comments on the importance of the stories, their relevance to the chosen topic, and the author's writing techniques. A brief account of the historical events leading up to the establishment of the Berlin Wall will provide the necessary background information to set the stories into context. A further section is dedicated to Ingeborg Drewitz herself, including a look at her childhood, her literary accomplishments and awards. The central portion of the thesis is the presentation of the English translations of the stories, each followed by a brief analysis. The concluding comparison of these stories focuses on their contribution to the overall theme.Bibliography: leaves 129-132
The Contribution of Women Authors to the Discovery of People of the Female Sex in German-Speaking Literature Since 1945
No full textThe paper proceeds from the assumption that women write differently from men; that, as Virginia Woolf asserted, if one were to place two texts side by side, one by a woman and one by a man, one would be able to ascertain the sex of the author. This paper attempts to shed some light on the reasons why this should be so: is it a result of innate differences in personality, or in socialization, or both? It also examines in some detail (and this is its main burden) the different subjects that women in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1945 choose to write about and the different ways in which they treat these subjects. Extensive quotations from a number of important women writers are given in order to convey a sense of the texture of this writing to an English-speaking audience
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