Volume 24 2017 Edited by Katherine H. Paul Ellen C. Chew Published by the German Graduate Student Association of the University of Cincinnati
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Katherine H. Paul BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Ellen C. Chew COPY EDITORS Iris Augustinski, Meaghann Dynes, Emily Lamb, Mareike Lange, Daniel Moody, Anna Senuysal BOARD OF FORMER EDITORS David N. Coury, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Green Bay Herman J. DeVries, Jr., Ph.D., Calvin College Britta Kallin, Ph.D., Georgia Tech J. Gregory Redding, Ph.D., Wabash College Jeffrey D. Todd, Ph.D., Texas Christian University Michael Rice, Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University Bärbel Such, Ph.D., Ohio University Tonya Hampton, ABD, University of Cincinnati David Prickett, Ph.D., Universität Potsdam Susanne Lenné Jones, Ph.D., East Carolina University Silke Schade, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio Aine Zimmerman, Ph.D., Hunter College, City University of New York Julia K. Baker, Ph.D., Tennessee Tech University Laura Vas, Ph.D., American International School of Budapest Wolfgang Lückel, Ph.D., Austin College Todd Heidt, Ph.D., Knox College Alexandra Hagen, ABD, Bradley University Marie Buesch, ABD, 1. Staatsexamen, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg Joshua Arnold, ABD, Johannesschule Meppen Wesley Jackson, PhD Vanessa Plumly, PhD, SUNY New Paltz Emily Bauman, ABD, University of Cincinnati Alex Hogue, PhD, Coastal Carolina University Please send correspondence to: fogs.editor@gmail.com or Focus on German Studies University of Cincinnati PO Box 210372 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0372 U.S.A. ii
Acknowledgements The twenty-fourth volume of Focus on German Studies was made possible by the continued support of the faculty of the University of Cincinnati Department of German Studies. Department Chair, Professor Todd Herzog and Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Tanja Nusser deserve our sincere gratitude for helping in so many ways to keep Focus in operation. We also thank the many graduate students who volunteered their time to help with this volume. We extend our thanks to all members of our Editorial Board, Board of Reviewers and Board of Graduate Student Reviewers. We reserve the right to make any necessary editing changes without the express written permission of the authors. iii
Table of Contents FROM THE EDITOR vii ARTICLES Allegorien der Geschichte: Werner Herzogs Lektionen in Finsternis VERENA KICK 1 The Christian Resurrection as a Propoganda in Heinrich Anacker's Nazi Poetry-The Sacralization of Reich and Führer ANNELEEN VAN HERTBRUGGEN 19 Die Stimmen, die es unternehmen, zu sprechen: Narrative Repsonsibility and the Free Indirect Mode in Christa Wolf's Nachdenken über Christa T. 33 In Search of the "Great 9/11 Novel". Kristof Magnusson's Poetological Rejection of Crisis Literature in Das war ich nicht (2010) JULIA ILGNER 46 Heine under der Kapitalismus. Geld, Börse und "Bankos" in Heinrich Heines Leben und Werk JONAS NESSELHAUF 67 BOOK REVIEWS SVEA BRÄUNERT Gespenstergeschichten: Der Linke Terrorismus der RAF und die Künste 84 OLAF BRILL and GARY D. RHODES, editors Expressionism in the Cinema 86 SARAH VANDEGRIFT ELDRIDGE Novel Affinities: Composing the Family in the German Novel: 1795-1830 89 iv
KATHARINA GERSTENBERGER and TANJA NUSSER, editors Catastrophe and Catharsis: Perspectives on Disaster and Redemption in German Culture and Beyond 92 Barbara Hales, Mihaela Petrescu, and Valerie Weinstein, editors Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema 94 LAURIE RUTH JOHNSON Forgotten Dreams: Revisiting Romanticism in the Cinema of Werner Herzog 96 BEATE LAUDENBERG Inter-, Trans-, und Synkulturalität deutschsprachiger Migrationsliteratur und ihre Didaktik 98 ERIN McGLOTHLIN and JENNIFER M. KAPCYNSKI, editors Persistent Legacy: The Holocaust and German Studies 100 v
From the Editor Focus on German Studies remains a cooperative effor and its tradition continues with the twentyfourth volume thanks to the collective effort of the graduate students in the German Studies Department at the University of Cincinnati. I am proud to continue the Focus tradition and would very much like to extend my sincerest thanks to all the graduate students, without whom this publication would not be possible. It is with their help that we are able to maintain a highquality standard and a reputation of excellence. I would like to extend special thanks to all previous journal editors for their contributions to our publication, especially those who most recently completed the transition to the online platform, Open Journal Systems. Our publication and its entire publication history are available online and this allows readers to access our volumes quickly and easily. I would like to thank espeically Mark Konecny and Sophie Zhang for their help with the editorial work involved in this volume. Without their help, our journal would not be ready to move into a smoother production process in the future. I would also like to thank the Book Reviews Editor of this volume, Ellen C. Chew, for her support during this process and her extraordinary attention to detail. A hearfelt thank you is extended to all of our copy editors and reviewers. Further thanks is due to Todd Herzog, the chair of the German Studies Department, for his guidance and insight as this publication came together. I wish our future editors, Ellen C. Chew, Mareike Lange, and Anna Senuysal every success as they continue our strong tradition of publishing. Katherine H. Paul vi