LEADER 04254cam a2200421Ia 4500001 119777 005 20240621201823.0 008 060713s2003 xx rb 000 0 eng d 028 52 3087772 |bUMI 035 (OCoLC)ocm70966583 035 119777 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 PT2613.R338 |bZ7465 2003 100 1 Malchow, Timothy Bruce. 245 10 Narrating nations : |bindividual memory and collective identity in the early prose of Günter Grass and Thomas Bernhard / |cby Timothy Bruce Malchow. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c2003. 300 v, 318 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 2003. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-318). 520 The German author Günter Grass (1927-) and the Austrian author Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) were once considered controversial provocateurs but are now canonical figures whose oeuvres are evoked in representing postwar national identity in their respective societies. This dissertation explores each author's use of the institution of literature to contest dominant narratives of national identity and discourse on the recent past. It focuses especially on Grass's Die Blechtrommel (1959) and Bernhard's Frost (1963), investigating both the representation of individuals' memories and the social relevance of the novels' canonical intertexts. The introduction explores the authors' early lives and the applicability of theoretical approaches to national identity (especially Benedict Anderson and Prasenjit Duara) to reading literature in a sociohistorical context. Chapter One focuses on Die Blechtrommel and contains three sections. The first section addresses the novel's allusions to the Bildungsroman, tracing the reception history of this genre in relation to narratives of German national identity. The following section treats the protagonist's represented memories of the Nazi era, emphasizing their difference from historical discourse. The final section relates historiography on the Adenauer era to the novel and considers the narrative's moments of self-reflexivity about its social implications as an artwork. Chapter Two, on Bernhard's Frost, also has three sections. The first discusses the social and national import of intertextual allusions to Adalbert Stifter's Der Nachsommer, which had been canonized as an Austrian Bildungsroman. The next section explores the representation of the protagonist's inchoate memories. The final section locates the novel's social relevance in its representation of the compartmentalization of human identity and the alienation of memory from rationality and activity. The conclusion discusses the authors as nationally representative figures. Grass's status in Germany may be attributed to his self-appointment as the representative of a German cultural nation opposed to the ostensibly inauthentic West and East German nation-states. Bernhard, by contrast, never affirmatively posited an alternative point of identification beyond the Austrian nation-state. His treatment of institutions with a symbolic function in predominant narratives of national identity has made him susceptible to posthumous canonization as a nationally representative Austrian author. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2006. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Grass, Günter, |d1927-2015 |xCriticism and interpretation. 600 10 Bernhard, Thomas |xCriticism and interpretation. 650 0 Memory |xSocial aspects. 650 0 National characteristics, German. 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=765652651&sid=3&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib119777/3087772.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 994 C0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hPT2613.R338 |iZ7465 2003 852 |bwww 852 0 |bebook