Koeppen’s novels fused modernist technique with the trauma of Nazism

Evidence

Wolfgang Koeppen’s novels Tauben im Gras (1951), Das Treibhaus (1953) and Der Tod in Rom (1954) were indebted to Faulkner, Joyce and Dos Passos in terms of technique, form and language, and at the same time represented reactions both to the trauma of Nazism and to post-war reconstruction in the Federal Republic and the mentality that went with itwith its characteristic suppression of unpleasant memories. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 546

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes Adorno’s ‘coming to terms with the past’ critique of West German memory culture. — connects to: Koeppen’s postwar novels fused Joyce and Faulkner techniques with Nazi trauma. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2217; A national historical trauma can shape a writer’s formal style unconsciously — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 505
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Koeppen’s postwar novels fused Joyce and Faulkner techniques with Nazi trauma. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2217; A national historical trauma can shape a writer’s formal style unconsciously — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 505

Broader Connections

• Koeppen’s postwar novels fused Joyce and Faulkner techniques with Nazi trauma. #expands (0.97) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2217