Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Steding, Elizabeth Priester

Titel

The Role of the Outsider in Katja Lange-Müller's "Die Letzten" and "Böse Schafe"

Ist Teil von

• Rocky Mountain review (Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association), 2010-10, Vol.64 (2), p.170-184

Ort / Verlag

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In her novels Die Letzten and Böse Schafe, Katja Lange-Müller deliberately situates her protagonists as outsiders who are simultaneously a part of society and apart from it. This tension of belonging and isolation allows the author to examine and critique many aspects of German society, particularly social institutions, the family, and intimate relationships. While often portraying the shortcomings of GDR society, the novels use the figure of the outsider to address issues in both the GDR and the FRG. Lange-Müller's characters also offer intriguing connections to the media image of the author herself as an outsider.