Mapping Morality in Postwar German Women's Fiction

Analyzes Wolf's, Drewitz's, and Weil's views of individual responsibility in history, with reference to theories of memory and feminist ethics. Christa Wolf (1929-), Ingeborg Drewitz (1923-1986), and Grete Weil (1906-1999) occupy very different positions in postwar German literature, yet all three challenge readers to consider how individuals understand their roles in history and how they negotiate their personal responsibilities based on those roles. These three are, of course, by no means the