Sprachkunst Jahrgang LI/2020, 2. Halbband, pp. 117-144, 2021/01/26
Beiträge zur Literaturwissenschaft
Jahrgang LI/2020, 2. Halbband
Instrumentalization and stereotypical sensemaking: Constellations of literary anti-Semitism in EastGerman literature.The article explores constellations of literary anti-Semitism in the literature of the GDR, focusingon depictions of the National Socialist extermination of the Jews. Using Bruno Apitz’snovella ›Esther‹ and Rolf Schneider’s folk play ›Die Geschichte vom Moischele‹ as examples,forms of instrumentalization and stereotyping of the Jewish are examined.