Nostalgia and Redemption in Joseph Kanon's The Good German
This article explores Joseph Kanon's depiction and challenge in The Good German to two prevailing American memories about World War II, that of a beneficent American occupation and of a universal German guilt. The article describes these deeply held memories as metanarratives that fashion ident...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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Literature and theology
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 475-490 |
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| Summary: | This article explores Joseph Kanon's depiction and challenge in The Good German to two prevailing American memories about World War II, that of a beneficent American occupation and of a universal German guilt. The article describes these deeply held memories as metanarratives that fashion identities within the setting of the novel by establishing who needs to be redeemed and who does not. The novel provides a ready example of the way postmodern nostalgia can be used not only to save oneself through memory but also condemn the other who is the object of the metanarrative but nevertheless hidden by it. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frn023 |