Title: The margins of dictatorship
Description: In this study the author elaborates a comparative framework for analysing literary texts from the Third Reich and the GDR in terms of the extent of assent and/or dissent expressed through them towards the National Socialist and SED regimes. The author maps out areas of similarity and difference in the workings of cultural policy in the two dictatorships. In the second part of the study, Günter Eich{u2019}s work for the Nazi radio system and Bertolt Brecht{u2019}s cultural activities in the GDR act as case studies to illuminate the patterns of interdependent assent and dissent generated under the conditions of dictatorship.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, German literature, History and criticism, Politics and literature, Politics in literature, German literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Brecht, bertolt, 1898-1956, Eich, gunter, 1907-1972
Places: Germany
People: Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), Günter Eich (1907-1972)
Time periods: 20th century