Literature of the Working World: A Study of the Industrial Novel in East Germany

by Volkmar Sander

This study examines the novel of the working world in the GDR from three prespectives: the characterization of the industrial milieu, the characterization of the laborer, and the concept of social change underlying the interaction between individual and society. The analysis of eight representative novels from the years 1951 to 1973 suggests the role of Socialist Realism as a program and the function of literature within this program. As a turning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3261019921
• ISBN13: 9783261019929
• Release Date: December 1977
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 118 Pages