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Abstract / Description of output
In 1988, Erich Honecker’s decision to ban the Soviet magazine Sputnik sent shockwaves through the GDR. Reiner Bredemeyer set the announcement of the ban to music in ‘Post – modern’, using musical quotations to provide a critical commentary. Meanwhile, Kito Lorenc took the ban as the starting point for his Kleiner Weggefährte durch den Winter. This cycle of poems trains the reader to dissect and subvert GDR media discourse, and it culminates in an act of literary cannibalism against Honecker. These challenges to censorship point to the emergence ofa culture of creative protest, which advertised dissent and lowered resistance to its expression.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 519-538 |
| Journal | Modern Language Review |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2013 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Sputnik
- Bredemeyer
- Lorenc
- censorship
- GDR
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Who's Watching Who? Theatre and Surveillance
Laura Bradley (Contributor), Susan Kemp (Contributor), Camilla Baier (Curator) & Lauren Clarke (Curator)
18 Nov 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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Screening of 'Writing Ensemble'
Laura Bradley (Speaker) & Susan Kemp (Speaker)
20 Feb 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Premiere of 'Writing Ensemble'
Laura Bradley (Speaker), Susan Kemp (Speaker) & Peter Arnott (Speaker)
9 Nov 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar