%0 Journal Article
%T "Das wahre Leben im falschen": Erscheinungsformen ostdeutscher Identit t in nach-wende-Texten
%A Roswitha Skare
%J Nordlit : Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur
%D 1999
%I Universitetet i Troms?
%X Beginning with a short review about the question of East-German identity, texts by Daniela Dahn, Thomas Rosenl cher and Hans-J. Misselwitz are analysed to show how history is recounted through stories. Despite the authors¡¯ different biographical backgrounds and their varying literary styles, the three chosen texts have two things in common: the central positioning of an ¡®East-We¡¯ and the use of small literary forms ¨C be it in the form of anecdote, joke, almanac story or by example ¨C guarantees not only the preservation of individual and collective experiences, but their reproduction as well.
%K Identit t/identity
%K Ostdeutsch/East-German
%K Wiedervereinigung/Reunification
%K Daniela Dahn
%K Thomas Rosenl cher
%K Hans-J. Misselwitz
%U http://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/2147