The Quest for Christa T. (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Christa Wolf
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social criticism
- Time of Work: 1933-1962
- Setting: The former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
- Principal Characters: Christa T., The Narrator, Justus, Kostia, Günter
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Social action, Teaching or teachers, Language or languages, Values, 1960’s, Memory, Perception, Communism or communists, Love or romance, Authors or writers, 1940’s, World War II, Alienation, Individuality, Reality, Fear, Ethics, Germany or German people, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Leukemia
- Locales: East Germany
Form and Content
The novel, which chronicles the years 1933 to 1962, starts with the narrator’s attempt to rescue her dead friend Christa T. from oblivion. While randomly sifting through a box of writings left behind by Christa T., the narrator remembers her friend’s life and passion. Already at school, where Christa T. and the narrator meet in 1944, it is apparent that Christa T. is different from the other pupils, and even though the narrator is unwilling to admit it, it is this difference—or Christa T.’s indifference to her surroundings—that fascinates the...
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