Overview
In 1938/39, Anna Seghers wrote in a letter to the literary theorist Georg Lukács: "This reality of the time of crisis, the war, etc. [...] firstly, it has to be endured, has to be looked into the eye and secondly, it must be formed."
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Discuss Seghers's statement in a short essay and take Petzold's film Transit as your example to discuss the role of artists as chroniclers of historical events, living conditions, experiences and feelings. (500 words)