Kein Reben-, sondern ein Reckenland Dialogische Lesung über Westfalenbilder in der Literatur

In the organizer's words:

Not a Reckenland, but a Reckenland

Dialogic reading about images of Westphalia in literature

What is true and what is more of a wishful thinking or illusion? Authors from the region have always described their Westphalia. And for just as long, there has been an outside perspective, which sometimes arrives at completely different assessments.

In a dialogical reading, literary scholar Walter Gödden and actor Carsten Bender present images of Westphalia from various literary epochs, spanning a broad program arc that ranges from Tacitus to Werner Rolevinck, Voltaire, Justus Möser, Hölderlin, Goethe, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff to the immediate present and the satirists Wiglaf Droste and Fritz Eckenga. Whether a moving testimony to an emphatic spirit of optimism or parodied as a debunking cliché - the theme offers a wonderful opportunity to allow literary history and historical representations to enter into a multifaceted dialog.

The project is funded by the LWL Cultural Foundation as part of the cultural program for the anniversary year 2025 "1250 Years of Westphalia".