20^th Century German History as Reflected in German Literature

June 9-11, 2002, Drachlis Hall (496), Gilman Building, Tel Aviv University

Sunday, June 9

16:00-19:30

Greetings    Dan Laor, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University

Introduction Moshe Zuckermann, Head, Institute for German History, Tel Aviv University

Session I

Stephan Braese, Bremen/Frankfurt

History –Truth – Narration: Challenges Posed to German Literature in Re-Writing the 20^th Century

Alexandre Mֳ©traux, Berlin

Real and Fictional Testimonies of the Shoah or Who is speaking for Whom?

Zvi Tauber, Tel Aviv

Envisioning the 20^th Century: Heinrich Heine’s Historical Prognoses

Egon Netenjakob, Cologne

On the Self-Perception of German Filmmakers

Monday, June 10

 9:00-12:00

Session II

Thedel von Wallmoden, Göttingen

Literature and Contemporary History in the Work of Gottfried Benn

Itta Shedletzky, Jerusalem

Phantastic Strategy and Political Statement: The Historical Constellation in Else Lasker-Scühler's

Der Malik. Eine Kaisergeschichte

Sandra Goldstein, Beer Sheva

History and Memory in Literary Writing: The Case of Lion Feuchtwanger

12:00-14:30            Lunch Break

14:30-17:00

Session III

Zohar Shavit, Tel Aviv

“What did you do in the war, Daddy?”

Gunhild Kübler, Zürich

Martin Walser and the Innocence of Memory

Amir Eshel, Stanford

The Content of Form: Günther Grass's Mein Jahrhundert and Alexander Kluge’s Chronik der Gefühle

Anne Rothe, Los Angeles

Re-Presenting East Germany’s History of the Third Reich: Christa Wolf’s Kindheitsmuster

Tuesday, June 11

9:00-13:00

Session IV

Helga Embacher, Salzburg

“Literature of Feelings”: Reflections of the “Waldheim Affair” in Austrian Literature

Bernhard Greiner, Tübingen/Jerusalem

History in the “Mirror Stage”: Heiner Müller’s Search for Its Subject

Avraham Oz, Haifa

The Relevance of Nationhood: National Themes in Brecht from the Didactic Plays to Mother Courage

Itshak Laor, Tel Aviv

The Jew, Garbage, the City and Death: A Personal Perspective

Proceedings will be held in English

The conference is supported by Goethe Institut Inter Nationes and the Austrian Embassy Tel Aviv

In conjunction with the conference, the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes will screen a series of films mirroring 20^th century German history at the Cinematheque Tel Aviv from June 10-28. Further details at 03-6917266/7

The public is invited