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Luther und Münzer – Forte und Blissett. Darstellung und Interpretation historischer Ereignisse in der mitteleuropäischen Gegenwartsliteratur

Published/Copyright: February 20, 2008
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From the journal Volume 42 Issue 2

Abstract

Dieter Forte's German drama Luther und Münzer (1971), and Q (1999), a first novel by the young Italian authors' collective “Luther Blissett,” both depict social and religious revolutions in early-modern Germany. Beyond formal (and mostly superficial) differences, the analysis of narrative details reveals certain common patterns in these two examples of “alternative literature”: re-inventions of historical characters, representation of religious and political institutions, and, above all, a re-interpretation of historical facts. These works and their respective receptions show how social criticism and political discontent have changed in Western Europe in the last thirty years.

Published Online: 2008-02-20
Published in Print: 2007-12-01

© Walter de Gruyter

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