Event Title
Ehre, Gewalt und Identität: sexuelle und politische Machtbeziehungen in Heinrich Bölls klassischem Roman (Honor, Violence and Idenitity: Sexual and Political Power Relationships in Heinrich Böll's Classic Novel)
Location
Diamond 242
Start Date
1-5-2014 2:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 4:00 PM
Project Type
Presentation- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
This talk will examine various social and political themes as they relate to identity and ideology in Heinrich Boll's novel "Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum". To begin, I will introduce the historical context in which the novel was written and will also touch upon Boll's biography and his interactions with German media, because I believe it to be extremely relevant to the novel's social and political themes. I will explore the ways in which gender and sexual stereotypes are used to create a societal critique, as well as the ways in which Boll addresses the issue of terrorism, political misdirection and media sensationalism. Ultimately, this talk will focus on the many different types of power relationships: men and women, police and citizens, media and the public, narrator and reader and how they helped to shape the identities and ideologies of Germany and its people after the second world war.
Faculty Sponsor
Arne Koch
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. German and Russian Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Humanities
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
304
Ehre, Gewalt und Identität: sexuelle und politische Machtbeziehungen in Heinrich Bölls klassischem Roman (Honor, Violence and Idenitity: Sexual and Political Power Relationships in Heinrich Böll's Classic Novel)
Diamond 242
This talk will examine various social and political themes as they relate to identity and ideology in Heinrich Boll's novel "Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum". To begin, I will introduce the historical context in which the novel was written and will also touch upon Boll's biography and his interactions with German media, because I believe it to be extremely relevant to the novel's social and political themes. I will explore the ways in which gender and sexual stereotypes are used to create a societal critique, as well as the ways in which Boll addresses the issue of terrorism, political misdirection and media sensationalism. Ultimately, this talk will focus on the many different types of power relationships: men and women, police and citizens, media and the public, narrator and reader and how they helped to shape the identities and ideologies of Germany and its people after the second world war.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/226