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DER ʻEIGENE KALENDERʼ DES ERINNERNS: DIE WAHRHEIT DER ERFUNDENEN ERINNERUNG IN HERTA MÜLLERS ROMANEN, ERZÄHLUNGEN UND ESSAYS
Author(s) -
Eke Norbert Otto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
german life and letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1468-0483
pISSN - 0016-8777
DOI - 10.1111/glal.12252
Subject(s) - philosophy , context (archaeology) , literature , art , theology , history , archaeology
The paper discusses the relationship between authenticity and fictionality, and ‘true’ and ‘false’ memory in Herta Müller's works. There is no doubt about the relativity and context‐dependency of memory. Nevertheless, Müller's novels, stories, and essays display, as I shall outline in the following, a convincing modus of ascertaining the truth through fiction.