2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0483.2010.01511.x
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The Topography of the Self in Christa Wolf's Der geteilte Himmel

Abstract: This article examines Christa Wolf's highly allegorised novel Der geteilte Himmel (1963) from the perspective of topography. It identifies the extent to which the East German cityscape, and in particular the divided city of Berlin, is constructed as a place that is heavily invested with a desire for the stabilisation of the socialist project alongside utopian longing for 'arrival' in socialism. At the same time, however, spatial relations such as the negotiation of the private in relation to the public domai… Show more

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