This paper will examine the autobiographical writings of German-Jewish author Barbara Honigmann. Hongimann was born in East Berlin in 1949. She studied theater arts and worked in the theater in Berlin until 1975, when she became a free-lance writer and artist. She moved to Strasburg, France in 1984 in order to live in a community more accepting towards Jews. Since this time, she has written several novels, which many scholars have characterized as "autobiographical fictions." The main themes of her novels center around Judaism in Germany and identity as a German Jew. Autobiographical writings are very different from fictional writing, since the main character or characters in the writings are reflections of the author's experiences. Considering the characteristics of autobiographical writing as an avenue for literary analysis is important, since central themes in Honigmann's writings treat her identity as a German Jew after the Holocaust. The autobiographical aspect of Honigmann's writing, as seen in her novels Damals, dann und danach, Eine Liebe aus nichts, and Roman von einem Kinde, is extensively examined in this paper. Parallels among the books are drawn to demonstrate the autobiographical content of her writing. After a brief discussion concerning Jews in Germany after 1945, with a concentration of Jews in East Germany, the discussion of the autobiographical content in Honigmann's novel Damals, dann und danach turns to her reflections on Judaism and her German Jewish identity. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. / Spring Semester, 2005. / April 1, 2005. / Jewish German Identity, Autobiographical Writing, Barbara Honigmann / Includes bibliographical references. / Birgit Maier-Katkin, Professor Directing Thesis; Winnifred Adolph, Committee Member; John Simons, Committee Member.
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| Contributors | Lindsley, Carissa M. (authoraut), Maier-Katkin, Birgit (professor directing thesis), Adolph, Winnifred (committee member), Simons, John (committee member), Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
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| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
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