A NEW IMAGE OF BERLIN: FROM WALTER BENJAMIN'S BERLINER KINDHEIT UM NEUNZEHNHUNDERT TO BERLIN AFTER THE WALL

Authors

  • Isabel SERRA PFENNIG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/transfer.2013.8.102-116

Keywords:

History of Berlin through Literature, W. Benjamin

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyze the social, political and cultural changes that the city of Berlin has undergone during recent history.  The analysis has focused on the city’s multiple facets as a historical phenomenon, analyzing the social-historic situation through several literary works that have been fundamental in order to understand the cultural evolution of Berlin since the beginning of the 20th century through the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Published

2022-01-28

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Essays