Present Tensions: European Writers on Overcoming Dictatorships

Published by Central European University Press 2009

Present Tensions

European Writers on Overcoming Dictatorships

Edited by: Kristina Kaiserová and Gert Röhrborn

https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155211621

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An intersection of literary works on the question of how dictatorships are overcome, which emerged from a transnational project convening acclaimed writers. The generations, European countries of origin and artistic directions represented are both an advantage and a challenge reflected by this anthology. A considerable variety of motivations drove participants: putting into words a contemporary biography of persecution, a descendant's feeling of personal historical responsibility, or the artistic curiosity of the "outsider". The anthology is dedicated to the imaginative power of literature, and to Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe in particular. The formerly multicultural setting of these countries suffered the most from European dictatorships and their insufficiently processed legacies. The cultural transfer exhibited here will help reduce prejudices and promote new forms of understanding with Western Europe: it aims to further a diversified but common European culture.

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Röhrborn Gert :

Gert Röhrborn is political scientist, analyst and moderator.

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Introduction
“The generation affected will have to see it through.” Literary paths out of dictatorship Kristina Kaiserová and Gert Röhrborn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
On the role of language in commemorating, working through and overcoming dictatorship Astrid Köhler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Sediments
Lesen in der Diktatur – Schreiben in der Diktatur. Eine persönliche Spurensuche Wolfgang Templin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Reading and writing under dictatorships. A personal retracing Zsófia Balla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
Report on my death Gabriel Chifu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Banane verzi puse la copt pe dulapuri Denisa Mirena Pişcu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Voids
Jak to bylo? Eduard Vacek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Odznak Jiří Dědeček Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Il cielo che prima non c’era Alessandro Tamburini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Time travels
Rock a Diktatura. Příspěvek k roli hudby v komunistickém režimu bývalého Československa Mikoláš Chadima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Rock and dictatorship. The role of music in the communist regime in Czechoslovakia Mikoláš Chadima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Alles Echos. Texte und Gedichte Lutz Rathenow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Verniszázs Spiró György Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Che Guevara Olga Tokarczuk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 346
Keywords: Central and Eastern Europe; Communism; Dictatorship; Fiction; Literature; Postcommunism

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Published: January 1, 2009
ISBN: 9786155211621