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<p>My paper will explore the interrelation between past, present and identity, as well as the dynamics of social change in contemporary German and Romanian literature, as exemplified by Jana Hensel’s <italic>Zonenkinder</italic> (2002) and Ioana Bradea’s <italic>Scotch</italic> (2010). Both authors belong to a new generation of writers who, having experienced the collapse of the communist regime as adolescents, investigate the traumatic experience of change and adjustment to the social, economic and cultural realities of post-communist societies. While Hensel aims at recreating the lost <italic>Heimat</italic> (motherland) as an <italic>Erinnerungsraum</italic> (space of remembrance) and portraying the social tensions of the post-unification decade from an Eastern German perspective, Bradea focuses on depicting the desolate post-communist industrial landscape, as well as the everyday lives of anonymous Romanians caught in the vagaries of transition.</p>
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My paper will explore the interrelation between past, present and identity, as well as the dynamics of social change in contemporary German and Romanian literature, as exemplified by Jana Hensel’s Zonenkinder (2002) and Ioana Bradea’s Scotch (2010). Both authors belong to a new generation of writers who, having experienced the collapse of the communist regime as adolescents, investigate the traumatic experience of change and adjustment to the social, economic and cultural realities of post-communist societies. While Hensel aims at recreating the lost Heimat (motherland) as an Erinnerungsraum (space of remembrance) and portraying the social tensions of the post-unification decade from an Eastern German perspective, Bradea focuses on depicting the desolate post-communist industrial landscape, as well as the everyday lives of anonymous Romanians caught in the vagaries of transition.

Zwischen Heimatverlust und unsicherer Gegenwart: Sozialer Wandel in <italic>Zonenkinder</italic> (2002) von Jana Hensel und <italic>Scotch</italic> (2010) von Ioana Bradea

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Zwischen Heimatverlust und unsicherer Gegenwart: Sozialer Wandel in  (2002) von Jana Hensel und  (2010) von Ioana Bradea

My paper will explore the interrelation between past, present and identity, as well as the dynamics of social change in contemporary German and Romanian...

Zwischen Heimatverlust und unsicherer Gegenwart: Sozialer Wandel in Zonenkinder (2002) von Jana Hensel und Scotch (2010) von Ioana Bradea

Published Online: Aug 05, 2021

Page range: 142 - 159

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2020-0007

Keywords
Jana Hensel, Eastern Germany, memory, social change, IoanaBradea, Romania, post-communist industrial landscape

© 2021 Roxana-Andreea Ghiţă, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Zwischen Heimatverlust und unsicherer Gegenwart: Sozialer Wandel in Zonenkinder (2002) von Jana Hensel und Scotch (2010) von Ioana Bradea

Published Online: Aug 05, 2021

Page range: 142 - 159

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2020-0007

KeywordsJana Hensel, Eastern Germany, memory, social change, IoanaBradea, Romania, post-communist industrial landscape

© 2021 Roxana-Andreea Ghiţă, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Jana Hensel, Eastern Germany, memory, social change, IoanaBradea, Romania, post-communist industrial landscape