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SEARCHING FOR A NEW GERMAN IDENTITY - THERESA M...

This book investigates Heiner Müller's use of the Geschichtsdrama as a tool in his search for
post-World War II and post-reunification German identity in Germania Tod in Berlin (1956 1971)
and Germania 3 Gespenster am Toten Mann (1996)  respectively. By using specific examples
organized into relevant categories  the author demonstrates not only how these historical 
allegorical  and political persons and events have affected the course of German history in
Müller's opinion  but also how he believes they have influenced German identity of the past and
present and may affect its future. In her analyses of these two dramas  the author explores the
many historical  political  and allegorical characters as well as the abundant intertextual
references by locating their original sources in order to explain their significance as each
relates to Müller's perception of German identity at various points in time. The research
focuses on Müller's use of the literary techniques of intertextuality  collage  metaphors 
allegorical figures  political songs  ballads  and fairy tales. The methodological approach is
eclectic: a mixture of New Criticism  New Historicism  and Rezeptionsästhetik.

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