GDR literature in German curricula and textbooks : exploring the legacy of GDR authors, 1985-2015

GDR literature in German curricula and textbooks : exploring the legacy of GDR authors, 1985-2015 / Elizabeth Priester Steding.

This book analyzes the changing portrayal of GDR literature in German Gymnasium textbooks 1985-2015. Addressing the need for textbook research to broaden its focus from GDR history to GDR literature, the author presents case studies of well-known GDR authors (Bertolt Brecht, Johannes R. Becher, Anna...

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Main Author: Steding, Elizabeth Priester (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Series:Palgrave studies in educational media,
Subjects:
German literature > Study and teaching > Germany (East)
German literature > Germany (East) > History and criticism.
German literature
German literature > Study and teaching
Germany (East)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What's behind textbooks? Federal and state documents
  • 3. Everybody loves Brecht
  • 4. Anna Seghers and Johannes R. Becher as GDR authors
  • 5. Reading (about) Wolf Biermann
  • 6. Everybody's darling? Christa Wolf (and Günter Grass)
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix: textbooks by year
  • Index.

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