Memory phenomenon in the German literary criticism after 1989
This paper focuses on different theories proposed by German literary scholars currently addressing the concept of "memory", and reconsider the role of literature as a medium for keeping and transferring cultural legacy through space and time. It is discovered that literature-as-a-medium and memories are interconnected. It is also demonstrated how reading evokes spe-cific memories and forms a certain image of the past.
1. Ассман Я. Культурная память: Письмо, память о прошлом и политическая ...
Immanuel Kant in the cultural memory of Kaliningrad residents (post-Soviet period)
... Kaliningrad region. Despite the integration of Kant’s image into the cultural memory of Kaliningrad residents, it retains a conflicting potential: there is a layer of “activists” in the region who perceive Kant as a foreign symbol, leading to “memorial clashes.”
Mankevich D.V., Megem M.E., Filev M.V.
cultural memory, politics of memory, places of memory, commemorative practices, Kaliningrad Region, Immanuel Kant
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10.5922/sikbfu-2023-4-8
Historiography and literature: An alliance or a symbiosis?
This article examines the concept of cultural memory. Special attention is paid to historiographical texts as a means of representation of cultural memory. The author analyses and compares theories describing relations between historiographical and literary texts. Such relations are based ...
