Illusions of progress
Subtitle: Christa Wolf and the critique of science in GDR women's literature
By: Brigitte Rossbacher.
Series: DDR-Studien =, East German studies, 13; East German studies, 32
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Wolf, Christa -- Criticism and interpretation.; Science in literature.; Literature and science -- Germany (East); German literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; German literature -- Germany (East) -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- Germany (East)
Description: "This study shows how considerations of gender are implicated in the critique of scientific-technological progress expressed by East German women writers. It focuses primarily on Christa Wolf (1929-), widely considered the most prominent living author of the former German Democratic Republic. Tracing the transition from Wolf's early orthodox Marxism to her indictment of the GDR's ideology of progress, it reveals how Wolf's narratives resonate with cultural politics, global issues, and Western feminism.

It also offers substantive interpretation of thematically related texts by Monika Maron (1941-) and Helga Konlgsdorf (1936-). Like Wolf, these authors employ dreams, fantasy, and myth to play out possibilities for social change."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-209).