Frozen Charlottes – or the Survival of the Dead in Word and Writing

Authors

  • Katja Grupp International University IUBH

Keywords:

Frozen Charlotte, remembrance, artefact

Abstract

In the Russian novel Pamjati Pamjati by Maria Stepanova miniature porcelain dolls, the so-called Frozen Charlottes, link the past with the present. The Frozen Charlottes as surviving material artefacts and aspects of (survival) life in the 20th century are related with each other.

Author Biography

Katja Grupp, International University IUBH

Studied Slavic Studies, Eastern European History, Business Administration in Potsdam and Bonn. Study certificate German as a foreign language. DAAD-Lector in Kaliningrad, Russia. Dissertation: "Bild-Lücke-Deutschland" about cultural learning and understanding in foreign language teaching. Professor of German as a foreign language at the International University IUBH, Bad Honnef, Germany. Research Interests: Cultural Identity; Cultural Memory; Königsberg / Kaliningrad; Current Literature Russia / Germany; Hybrid Cultures; Translation and Non-Translation (Russian-German-English); Translation as a Cultural Phenomenon.

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How to Cite

GRUPP, Katja. Frozen Charlottes – or the Survival of the Dead in Word and Writing. just a bit of doll - a multidisciplinary journal for human-doll discourses, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 1.2, p. 97–101, 2021. Disponível em: https://dedo.ub.uni-siegen.de/index.php/de_do/article/view/89. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.