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Christa Wolf’s Cassandra
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Christa Wolf’s Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays was published in English in 1984. Wolf makes Cassandra the focalizing voice of her text. Through her, Wolf reevaluates epic narrative. She demonstrates that the writing of epic is male writing; everyday life and women’s lives must be sought in the gaps. Because epic as a genre bolsters the patriarchy, and the hero as a model for youth to follow encourages violence, her protagonist is Cassandra, a woman intellectual who does not want to perform the tasks of woman in her time/place. The essays are even more clearly political; Wolf identifies with Cassandra and connects East Germany and the Cold War to Greece and Troy. She ends her essay with a question that we might also take up: ‘What is Cassandra’s message today?’
Title: Christa Wolf’s Cassandra
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Christa Wolf’s Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays was published in English in 1984.
Wolf makes Cassandra the focalizing voice of her text.
Through her, Wolf reevaluates epic narrative.
She demonstrates that the writing of epic is male writing; everyday life and women’s lives must be sought in the gaps.
Because epic as a genre bolsters the patriarchy, and the hero as a model for youth to follow encourages violence, her protagonist is Cassandra, a woman intellectual who does not want to perform the tasks of woman in her time/place.
The essays are even more clearly political; Wolf identifies with Cassandra and connects East Germany and the Cold War to Greece and Troy.
She ends her essay with a question that we might also take up: ‘What is Cassandra’s message today?’.
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