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German literature (German: Deutschsprachige Literatur) comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany , Austria , the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora .
The term "literature" as it is used in connection with Old High German has a broader scope than for later periods in the history of German: it is not restricted to imaginative works but encompasses everything written in the language, including prayers and theological works as well as verse narratives.
The criticism of Georg Lukács greatly impacted the literature of the GDR. His theories served as a middle ground between the necessary creative independence of the author and the theory of socialist realism as it was functioning at that time in the Soviet Union, paving the way for an East German literature that was to be more independent and original than what was to be found in the soviet bloc.
History of literature in Germany (9 C) L. LGBTQ literature in Germany (2 C, 5 P) East German literature (5 C, 6 P) Low German literature (8 P) M. Literary magazines ...
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner.
German studies, also often known as German philology, is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture , German history , and German politics in addition to the language and ...
Category: History of literature in Germany. 8 languages. ... 20th-century German literature (20 C, 33 P) 21st-century German literature (2 C, 3 P) B.
Literature by and about Friedrich Schlegel in the German National Library catalogue; Schlegel, Friedrich von, 1841 "Lectures on the History of Literature, Ancient and Modern; Schlegel, Friedrich von, 1772–1829; Robertson, James Burton, 1800–1877, 1846 "The philosophy of history : in a course of lectures, delivered at Vienna