Germanistische Beiträge 25.2009
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The present article focuses on the problem of remembering and on some places of remembrance of the Transylvanian landscape as well as on the way these aspects are presented in the works of two German writers from Romania, Eginald Schlattner and Joachim Wittstock. Although the theme and the places are identical or nearly identical, the approach of the two writers is different. Whereas in Eginald Schlattner’s work there can be perceived an endeavor to create a “closed” form, an “open” form predominates in Joachim Wittstock’s work, namely the merging of reflection with a quasi-documentary style.
The present study refers to a working method of the writer Joachim Wittstock from Sibiu, namely to the use of the factual (published or unpublished works, quotations, press releases, etc.) for creating literary works, i.e. fiction. Horst Schuller uses examples from the novels Ascheregen (1985) and Bestätigt und besiegelt (2003) as well as from the volume of stories Keulemann und schlafende Muse (2005). Beyond the factual-fictional structure of the texts the author stresses elements of interculturalism, intertextuality and of what is understood as “high style” and the esthetic character of Joachim Wittstock’s works
Vorliegende Arbeit setzt sich zum Ziel, einen weniger besprochenen Aspekt aus dem Werk von Joachim Wittstock aufzugreifen und auf dem Hintergrund des allgemeinen Kontexts rumäniendeutscher Literatur der 70er und 80er Jahre zu analysieren. Vor allem werkpoetologische Aspekte sowie einige Motive und Aufbau- prinzipien seiner Lyrik stehen im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung.