TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mönninghoff, Friederike
T1  - "Literatur als Erinnerungsspeicher" : die Erzählung "In der Nachbarschaft" von Joachim Wittstock
T2  - Germanistische Beiträge
N2  - Memory has established itself as an important paradigm in many different sciences since the 1980s, as also in literature. Memories form and stabilize identity and are therefore indispensable for individuals and communities. Literature, as a memory medium, has an important role in the transition from individual recollections to collective memory. It is a storage medium. Narrations make others’ experiences understandable; they fix memories and so make the transition into cultural memory possible. The narration „In der Nachbarschaft“ (In the neighbourhood) by Joachim Wittstock serves as a good example of this. Written in the style of a diary, it allows the reader to experience the hours and days of the upheaval in 1989. Collective experiences are recorded, such as the demonstrations, as well as the very personal impressions of Joachim Wittstock. Through the narration the recipient can comprehend both. The memories exist beyond their carrier.
KW  - Memory
KW  - Collective Memory
KW  - Literature as a Medium of Memory
KW  - Revolution of 1989
KW  - Narration
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/65340
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-653408
UR  - http://uniblaga.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/25.1.5.pdf
SN  - 2247-4633
SN  - 1454-5144
VL  - 25
SP  - 112
EP  - 130
PB  - Lehrstuhl für Germanistik an der Lucian-Blaga-Universität Sibiu/Hermannstadt
CY  - Sibiu / Hermannstadt
ER  -