Representing 9/11: Journalism and autobiography in the work of Alexander Osang
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2018
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van der Knaap, Ewout
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Abstract
The article analyses the modes of representation used by the GDR-born journalist Alexander Osang in writing about 9/11. His observations of 9/11 in New York open up recollections of 11/9, the historic date in 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell. His gaze is compared to the way his wife observes. The authentic tone and the self-referential mode raise questions about relevance in literature.
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9/11, Terrorism, Representation, Journalism, Autobiography, Osang, Literature and Literary Theory
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van der Knaap, E W 2018, 'Representing 9/11 : Journalism and autobiography in the work of Alexander Osang', Oxford German Studies, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 230-240. https://doi.org/10.1080/00787191.2018.1452768