GDR literature in German curricula and textbooks : exploring the legacy of GDR authors, 1985-2015 / Elizabeth Priester Steding.
Steding, Elizabeth Priester, author.
2023
PT63.G3
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Title GDR literature in German curricula and textbooks : exploring the legacy of GDR authors, 1985-2015 / Elizabeth Priester Steding.
Author Steding, Elizabeth Priester, author.
ISBN 9783031390517 (electronic bk.)
3031390512 (electronic bk.)
9783031390500
3031390504
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39051-7
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxi, 185 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-39051-7 doi
Call Number PT63.G3
Dewey Decimal Classification 830.99431
Summary This book analyzes the changing portrayal of GDR literature in German Gymnasium textbooks 1985-2015. Addressing the need for textbook research to broaden its focus from GDR history to GDR literature, the author presents case studies of well-known GDR authors (Bertolt Brecht, Johannes R. Becher, Anna Seghers, Wolf Biermann, and Christa Wolf), each examining a particular aspect of the societal discourse about GDR literature and the tension between (literary) text and (historical) context. Taken together, the case studies reveal the frequently underestimated power of ideology in literature textbooks. They also show how attempts to package these authors into simplified categories ultimately reveal the profound complexities of the GDR literary legacy. By examining the clear tension between literature and politics in textbooks and curricula, the author demonstrates how ideological messages are transmitted in all textbooks, as well as the importance of attending to overt and covert ideology.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 21, 2023).
Series Palgrave studies in educational media, 2662-737X
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783031390500
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. What's Behind Textbooks? Federal and State Documents
Chapter 3. Everybody loves Brecht
Chapter 4. Anna Seghers and Johannes R. Becher as GDR Authors
Chapter 5. Reading (About) Wolf Biermann
Chapter 6. Everybody's Darling? Christa Wolf (and Günter Grass)
Chapter 7. Conclusion.

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