Jurek Becker: Jakob the Liar

Jurek Becker: Jakob the Liar

Choose one of the following questions:

1.  Which film is the better adaptation of Jurek Becker’s novel Jakob the Liar, Frank Beyer’s adaptation from 1974 or the film by Peter Kassovitz from 1999? Discuss.

2. Keeping in mind that one is a DEFA film and one a Hollywood production, compare and contrast Frank Beyer’s film Jacob the Liar with the film Jakob the Liar by Peter Kassovitz. Take into account the different contexts in which the films were made.

3.  Can humour in Holocaust fiction be justified? Discuss the humour in Jurek Becker’s novel Jakob the Liar or in the film Jakob the Liar by Peter Kassovitz.

4. Explore the themes of lies and illusions in Jurek Becker’s novel Jakob the Liar or Frank Beyer’s film Jacob the Liar.

5.  Analyze the motif of the tree in Jurek Becker’s novel Jakob the Liar. 

6. Jurek Becker’s novel Jakob the Liar was praised for not containing any black-and-white thinking. Are there still heroes in the novel? Explore the theme of heroism in Jurek Becker’s novel Jakob the Liar. 

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