Entering History

The Author: Silke von der Emde is associate professor in the Department of German Studies at Vassar College. She has published articles on GDR literature, feminist theory, and German film. In addition to her cultural studies research, her interests in the intersection of teaching, learning, and computer technology have led to several publications in leading journals in the field.

• Contents: Biographical Details – The Cultural Debates of the 1960s – The Reception of Life and Adventures of Trobadora Beatrice in East and West – Dissenting Voices in the GDR – FRG Criticism (1974-76) – FRG Criticism (1985-90) – U.S. German Studies (1976-83) – Morgner’s Novel Today: «Kein Ort, Nirgends?» – Morgner’s Use of History and Myth – Morgner’s Concept of Author – Subjectivity, and Representation – Woman as Author – The Historicity of Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory – Feminism in the Early Seventies – Morgner’s Postmodern Feminism – Intertextual Games – The Postmodernism Debate – Antipodean Artists and Tightrope Walkers – The Antipodean Artist Mikhail Bakhtin – Creating a «Legendary Historical Consciousness» – The Montage Novel – Carnival: Representing the Body.