Title: A dubious heritage
First published: 1997
Description: In the 1970s, a number of German and Austrian writers began producing autobiographical fiction about their relationships with parents whose lives were inalterably affected by the Third Reich. Their novels typically attempt to work through guilt arising from their own parents' implication in Nazi crimes. Focusing on works by Handke, Hartling, Schwaiger, Wohmann, and Wolf, this study examines the questions they raise and about the individual's relation to family and the state, and about the representation of identity itself.
Subjects: History and criticism, German fiction, Autobiographical fiction, German fiction, history and criticism, Autobiographical fiction, history and criticism, Autobiografischer Roman, Roman autobiographique allemand, Deutsche, Drittes Reich, Dans la littérature, Identité, Autobiografische romans, Roman allemand, Identitätsfindung, Duits, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Deutsch, Identiteitscrisis, Histoire et critique, Roman autobiographique, Autobiografische Literatur, Nationalbewusstsein, Littérature allemande
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PT747.A8 W54 1997