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* Slovak: ''Hodina nemčiny'' (1972). Bratislava: Slovenský Spisovatel', {{OCLC| 72404937}} |
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* Czech: ''Hodina němčiny'' (1974). Praha: Odeon, {{OCLC| 42102701}} |
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Tumanov, Vladimir. “Stanley Milgram and Siegfried Lenz: An Analysis of Deutschstunde in the Framework of Social Psychology.” Neophilologus: International Journal of Modern and Mediaeval Language and Literature 91 (1) 2007: 135-148. |
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Revision as of 19:38, 30 October 2009
| Author | Siegfried Lenz |
|---|---|
| Original title | Deutschstunde |
| Translator | Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Hoffmann und Campe New Directions Publishing (English version) |
Publication date | 1960 |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 470 pp (English edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 9780811209823 (English version) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
The German lesson (original title: Deutschstunde) is a novel by the German writer Siegfried Lenz, published in 1968 in Germany. English edition The German lesson was published in 1986 by New Directions Publishing, New York City. Deutschstunde was translated in several languages.
Plot
During Nazi Germany, a pupil (Siggi Jepsen, the first-person narrator) is forced to write an article themed The joys of duty. The pupil's father is the "most northerly police officer in Germany" does his duty, even as his task is to debar an old childhood friend, the painter Nansen from his profession. Siggi feels compelled with Nansen's paintings, "the green faces, the Mongol eyes, these deformed bodies ... ", so he steals them. Siggi is taken to a juvenile detention center. After 1945 Jensen is interned for a short time and later reinstalled into his position.[1]
Characters
- Siggi Jensen
- Jens Ole Jensen – Siggi's father, a police officer
- Max Nansen – a painter, pursued by the Nazis, whom Lenz based on the expressionist painter Emil Nolde[1]
- Gudrun Jepsen – Siggi's mother
- Klaas – Siggi's brother
- Hilke – Siggi's sister
Adaptations
In 1971 Peter Beauvais filmed Die Deutschstunde for the German TV-broadcaster ARD section SFB.[2]
Releases details
- German: Deutschstunde (1968). Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, OCLC 17466388 (First edition)
- German: Deutschstunde (2006). Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, ISBN 9783455042115 (20th ed., hardcover)
- German: Deutschstunde (2006). Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, ISBN 9783423134118 (37th ed., pocket book)
- Chinese: De yu ke. (2008) Taibei Shi: Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si, ISBN 9789573260004
- French: La leçon d'allemand (2001). Paris: R. Laffont, ISBN 9782221094600
- Korean: Togirŏ sigan (2000). Sŏul Tʻŭkpyŏlsi : Minŭmsa, ISBN 9788937460401
- Danish: Tysktime (1996). København: Gyldendal, ISBN 9788700255067
- Portuguese: A lição de alemão (1991) Lisboa: Publ. Dom Quixote, ISBN 9789722008419
- Spanish: Lección de alemán (1990) Madrid: Debate, ISBN 9788474443622
- Finnish: Saksantunti (1974). Helsinki: Uusi kirjakerho, ISBN 9789516380448
- Russian: Urok nemeckogo (1970). Moskva: Progress, OCLC 312415290
- Slovak: Hodina nemčiny (1972). Bratislava: Slovenský Spisovatel', OCLC 72404937
- Czech: Hodina němčiny (1974). Praha: Odeon, OCLC 42102701
Secondary Literature
Tumanov, Vladimir. “Stanley Milgram and Siegfried Lenz: An Analysis of Deutschstunde in the Framework of Social Psychology.” Neophilologus: International Journal of Modern and Mediaeval Language and Literature 91 (1) 2007: 135-148.
References
- ^ a b "Siegfried Lenz (1926), Deutschstunde". Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Deutschstunde" (in German). Zweitausendeins. Retrieved 2009-10-9.
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