Abstract/Details

Heinar Kipphardt's "Bruder Eichmann" in East and West: A contribution to "Bergangenheits-und Gegenwartsbewaeltigung"

Kay, Jennifer Louise Irene.   University of Victoria (Canada) ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  1997. MQ32687.

Abstract (summary)

Heinar Kipphardt was one of West Germany's foremost documentary dramatists in the 1960's, and spent over fifteen years researching and writing what was to be his last play, Bruder Eichmann. The play is a condensation of over three thousand pages of testimony given by Adolf Eichmann during interviews from 1960 to 1961 while he was a prisoner in Jerusalem. Interspersed into the text are "analogy scenes" that point to the continuance of the Eichmann-Haltung in Western society. Due partially to the inordinate length of Kipphardt's text, the theatre productions of Bruder Eichmann differed significantly in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. This study examines approaches to Vergangenheits-und Gegenwartsbewaltigung in each country by analyzing the performance scripts and press reviews of the Munich and East Berlin productions.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Germanic literature;
Theater;
German literature
Classification
0311: German literature
0465: Theater
Identifier / keyword
Communication and the arts; Language, literature and linguistics
Title
Heinar Kipphardt's "Bruder Eichmann" in East and West: A contribution to "Bergangenheits-und Gegenwartsbewaeltigung"
Author
Kay, Jennifer Louise Irene
Number of pages
161
Degree date
1997
School code
0244
Source
MAI 37/02M, Masters Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-0-612-32687-3
Advisor
Maczewski, Johannes
University/institution
University of Victoria (Canada)
University location
Canada -- British Columbia, CA
Degree
M.A.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
MQ32687
ProQuest document ID
304400805
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/304400805/fulltextPDF