On the Monograph by E.A. Zachevskij “The Man who Lied while telling the Truth. Life and Work of Wolfgang Koeppen” (St. Petersburg, Kriega, 2019. 752 p.)

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Kudryavtseva T.V., Strelnikova A.A. On the Monograph by E.A. Zachevskij Man who Lied while Telling the Truth. The Life and Work of Wolfgang Koeppen (St. Petersburg, Kriega, 2019. 752 p.). Studia Litterarum, 2020, vol. 5, no 4, pp. 518–527. (In Russ.)

https://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2020-5-4-518-527
Author: T.V. Kudryavtseva
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Tamara V. Kudryavtseva, DSc in Philology, Leading Research Fellow, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 a, 121069 Moscow, Russia.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8279-8639

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Author 2: A.A. Strelnikova
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Alla A. Strelnikova, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Moscow Region State University, Very Voloshinoy St. 24, 141014 Mytishi, Moscow region, Russia; Senior Researcher, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 a, 121069 Moscow, Russia.

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Received: November 15, 2019
Published: December 25, 2020
Issue: 2020 Vol. 5, №4
Department: Reviews
Pages: 518-527
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2020-5-4-518-527
UDK: 821.112.2.0
BBK: 83.3(4Гем)6
Keywords: German literature, Wolfgang Koeppen, socio-cultural approach, literary process, poetics, novel.

Abstract

E.A. Zachevsky’s book is the first study about the Western German author Wolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996). For the first time in the national and international literary studies, the monograph offers a detailed survey of the writer’s life and work as well as defines his place and role in the 20th century German literature. The author analyzes philosophic views as well as the properties of his fictional world and highlights the key moments of his peculiar poetic manner. The book touches upon the main issues of the German literary process and integrates Koeppen’s work into this process which allows us to read the volume as a mini-history of 20th century German literature.

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