Paperback, F. [vi]+278pp, a fine copy. German Monitor vol 47. Contains - 'Finding a voice' in the GDR by Graham Jackman - The opposition that dare not speak its name by John Sandford - From Wendish-speaking Germans to Sorbian-speaking citizens of the GDR: contradictions in the language policy of the SED by Peter Barker - The 'Wende' and the overcoming of 'Sprachlosigkeit'? by Ian F. Roe - 'Sprachlosigkeit' Ost? Anmerkungen aus linguistischer Sicht by Gerd Antos & Stefan Richter (unter Mitarbeit von Markus Metzger) - 'Sprachverwendung im Klasseninteresse': philosophische, sprachwissenschaftliche und sprackpraktische �usserungen von Wissenschaftlern der DDR zum Gebrauch von Sprache im 'Klassenkampf' by Ulla Fix - Sociolinguistics in the GDR: the study of language in society in East Germany by Stephen Barbour - 'H�her, schneller, weiter': Deutsch als Fremdsprache in der DDR by Barbara G�gold - Language and subversion in GDR rock music by Osman Durrani - 'Die Kunst braucht kein Feigenblatt': art and the artist in Konrad Wolf's Goya and Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz by Se�n Allan - Pau Celan and Johannes Bobrowski: legitimacy and language by John P. Wieczorek - 'Volkseigen ist nicht einfach ein Wort, volkseigen- das ist eine Sprengladung': language and identity in Brigitte Reimann's Die Geschwister by Helen L. Jones - Vor den Worten kommt die Angst: Christa Wolfs Suche nach einer neuen Sprache by Astrid Herhoffer - The quest for a new language: Wolfgang Hilbig's Die Kunde von den B�umen by Graham Jackman. 600 grams.

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Title

Finding A Voice : Problems Of Language In East German Society And Culture

Publisher

Rodopi, Amsterdam

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

9042006005

ISBN 13

9789042006003

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st edition.

Condition

Fine

Weight

600 grams

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Finding a Voice explores aspects of the use and function of language in East Germany which resulted from Party control of public discourse during the period of the German Democratic Republic. A distinctive feature of the volume, which brings together essays by British and German scholars, is the wide variety of areas which are incorporated in this survey - from political and public discourse, through aspects of sociolinguistics and the teaching of German, to a spectrum of artistic forms ranging from rock music and film to poetry and the novel. In particular, the relationship between public discourse and the events of the ‘Wende' is explored in a number of contributions. Most of the works and issues considered are discussed in English here for the first time, and the volume as a whole should be of interest to scholars concerned with the GDR and with contemporary German culture, to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and also to others interested in the history and culture of Germany since 1945. Nine of the essays are in English and four in German.

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"...a solidly focused thematic anthology." in: Monatshefte, Vol. 97, No. 2, 2005 "The organizers of the Vlotho conference and the editors of this volume are to be congratulated for producing such a coherent collection of thematically related and carefully edited papers." in: Modern Language Review, 97.2, 2002 "...Finding a Voice is an important resource for the further work on politics of culture in the GDR." in: Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies, Vol. XXXIX, No 1, Feb. 2003

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