Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Lindsley, Carissa M.
URN	etd-04112005-110726
Title	Barbara Honigmann's Autobiographical Writing in "Damals, dann und danach," "Eine Liebe aus nichts," and "Roman von einem Kinde": Bridging the Past, Present, and Future
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Modern Languages, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Dr. Birgit Maier-Katikin Committee Chair Dr. John Simons Committee Member Dr. Winnifred Adolph Committee Member
Keywords	Jewish German Identity Autobiographical Writing Barbara Honigmann
Date of Defense	2005-04-01
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This paper will examine the autobiographical writings of German-Jewish author Barbara Honigmann. Hongimann was born in East Berlin in 1949. She studied theater arts and worked in the theater in Berlin until 1975, when she became a free-lance writer and artist. She moved to Strasburg, France in 1984 in order to live in a community more accepting towards Jews. Since this time, she has written several novels, which many scholars have characterized as “autobiographical fictions.” The main themes of her novels center around Judaism in Germany and identity as a German Jew. Autobiographical writings are very different from fictional writing, since the main character or characters in the writings are reflections of the author’s experiences. Considering the characteristics of autobiographical writing as an avenue for literary analysis is important, since central themes in Honigmann’s writings treat her identity as a German Jew after the Holocaust. The autobiographical aspect of Honigmann’s writing, as seen in her novels Damals, dann und danach, Eine Liebe aus nichts, and Roman von einem Kinde, is extensively examined in this paper. Parallels among the books are drawn to demonstrate the autobiographical content of her writing. After a brief discussion concerning Jews in Germany after 1945, with a concentration of Jews in East Germany, the discussion of the autobiographical content in Honigmann’s novel Damals, dann und danach turns to her reflections on Judaism and her German Jewish identity.
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