The female adolescent in exile in works by Irina Odoevtseva, Nina Berberova, Irmgard Keun, and Ilse Tielsch

Titel: The female adolescent in exile in works by Irina Odoevtseva, Nina Berberova, Irmgard Keun, and Ilse Tielsch / Xenia Srebrianski Harwell
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Veröffentlicht: New York ˜[u.a.]œ : Lang, 2000
Umfang: VIII, 175 S. ; 23 cm
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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mehrbändiges Werk:
Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; 57
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ISBN: 0820449571
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Lokale Klassifikation: Sekundärliteratur
  • Acknowledgments
  • p. ix
  • Chapter 1
  • Introduction and Context
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • Russian Literature: Historical and Literary Contexts of Exile
  • p. 7
  • Irina Odoevtseva
  • p. 11
  • Nina Berberova
  • p. 12
  • German Literature: Historical and Literary Contexts of Exile
  • p. 13
  • Irmgard Keun
  • p. 18
  • Ilse Tielsch
  • p. 19
  • Chapter 2
  • Irina Odoevtseva's Izol'da: Shifting Identities
  • Review of the Literature
  • p. 21
  • Izol'da: Plot Summary
  • p. 23
  • Liza: The Figure Type
  • p. 24
  • Liza: The Recovery of the Past
  • p. 25
  • Liza: Attempt to Integrate into the Present
  • p. 30
  • The Prediction of Catastrophe
  • p. 36
  • Loss and Failure
  • p. 40
  • Chapter 3
  • Nina Berberova's Mys bur': Rounding the Cape
  • Review of the Literature
  • p. 43
  • Mys bur': Plot Summary
  • p. 44
  • Zai: The Figure Type
  • p. 45
  • Border Crossings: Zai's Journey out of Russia
  • p. 46
  • What Zai Brings from Russia
  • p. 47
  • The Challenge of Exile
  • p. 53
  • The Journey Fails
  • p. 56
  • Chapter 4
  • Irmgard Keun's Kind aller Lander: The Things of Childhood
  • Review of the Literature
  • p. 59
  • Kind aller Lander: Plot Summary
  • p. 61
  • Kully: The Figure Type
  • p. 61
  • The Ten-Year Old as Adolescent
  • p. 62
  • Kully: Child's Play
  • p. 63
  • Kully: Identification with Mother
  • p. 72
  • Kully: Cafe Life with Father
  • p. 75
  • Arrested Development
  • p. 78
  • Chapter 5
  • Ilse Tielsch's Heimatsuchen: Anni Lost and Found
  • Review of the Literature
  • p. 79
  • Heimatsuchen: Plot Summary
  • p. 80
  • Anni/Anna: The Figure Type
  • p. 80
  • Anni Lost
  • p. 81
  • Anni Found
  • p. 84
  • Anni's Relationship to Family and Friends
  • p. 89
  • Transition
  • p. 97
  • Chapter 6
  • Conclusion: Comparative Perspectives
  • Interplay of Themes: Adolescence and Exile
  • p. 99
  • The Passage: Separation
  • p. 101
  • The Passage: Transition
  • p. 102
  • The Passage: Incorporation
  • p. 109
  • Exile: Positive or Negative?
  • p. 112
  • The Personal
  • p. 116
  • In Summary
  • p. 117
  • Notes
  • p. 121
  • Bibliography
  • Primary Literature
  • p. 131
  • Secondary Literature: General
  • p. 131
  • Secondary Literature: Russian
  • p. 134
  • Secondary Literature: German
  • p. 148
  • Index
  • p. 167