The law of the father : patriarchal subtext and GDR literary tradition in selected texts by Kerstin Hensel

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dc.contributor.authorAlberg, Sandra Sharonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-12T19:30:19Z
dc.date.available2024-08-12T19:30:19Z
dc.date.copyright2002en_US
dc.date.issued2002
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Germanic and Russian Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis focuses on three texts by Kerstin Hensel, Im Schlauch, Tanz am Kanai, and Gipshut in which Hensel's preoccupation with the family narrative is most apparent. The aim of this study is to examine portray of Hensel ' s female characters, and how their depiction is typical of GDR literature. Based on the three texts examined, there is a marked trend of patriarchal dominance which underlies the texts in question. Though Hensel's work evolves and becomes more mature and complex, the subtext of the superiority of the father and the symbolic order in place remains constant in all three texts.
dc.format.extent88 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/16934
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleThe law of the father : patriarchal subtext and GDR literary tradition in selected texts by Kerstin Henselen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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