Transitions : Emerging Women Writers in German-language Literature.
Title:
Transitions : Emerging Women Writers in German-language Literature.
Author:
Heffernan, Valerie,.
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9789401209489
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (235 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Trends and Transitions in Contemporary German-language Writing by Women -- The Re-Construction and Deconstruction of a Family Narrative: Eva Menasse's Vienna -- No Place like Home? Eleonora Hummel and the Russian German Past -- Perspectives on the Borderline: Julia Franck's Lagerfeuer -- Sewing an Account of Oneself: Materiality, Femininity, and Germanness in Larissa Boehning's Lichte Stoffe -- Jenny Erpenbeck and the Life of Things -- New-Economy Zombies: Kathrin Röggla's wir schlafen nicht -- Illness, Creativity and Self-Discovery in Lea Gottheil's Sommervogel -- Writing on the Threshold: Memory, Language and Identity in Kathrin Schmidt's Du stirbst nicht -- Politicising Desire in Juli Zeh's Spieltrieb -- Cartographies of Self: Ilma Rakusa's Autobiographical NarrativeMehr Meer. Erinnerungspassagen -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
This volume introduces ten emerging voices in German-language literature by women. Their texts speak to the diverse modalities of transition that characterise society and culture in the twenty-first century, such as the adaptation to evolving political and social conditions in a newly united Germany; globalisation, the dissolution of borders, and the changing face of Europe; dramatic shifts in the meaning of national, ethnic, sexual, gender, religious, and class identities; rapid technological advancement and the revolutionary power of new media, which in turn have radically altered the connections between public and private, personal and political. In their literature, the authors presented here reflect on the notion of transition and offer some unique interventions on its meaning in the contemporary era.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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