Christa Wolfs Medea.Stimmen : mythen, frauen und der literaturstreit
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1998
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Neumann, Christiane
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This thesis focusses on three aspects of Christa Wolf' s Medea. Stimmen. To demonstrate how Christa Wolf reverts to pre-Euripidean versions of the myth, the first chapter examines different versions of the ancient Medea-myth. To show how Medea and other female figures can not realize .their true potential in society, the second aim of the thesis is to discuss and analyze the significance of the female characters, not only in this novel, but also in texts published before Medea. Stimmen In order to demonstrate that the novel is not only a new version of the Medea-myth and a discussion of the role of women, but that it is also about the author herself, the third aim is to examine the novel in the context of the collapse of the GDR and the ensuing debate about Christa Wolf and her role in the so-called Literaturstreil