Transitions

Emerging Women Writers in German-language Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-420-3689-5
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 76, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: German Monitor

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Heffernan, Valerie

Pye, Gillian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Valerie Heffernan & Gillian Pye: Trends and Transitions in Contemporary German-language Writing by Women
Daphne Seemann: The Re-Construction and Deconstruction of a Family Narrative: Eva Menasse’s Vienna
Linda Shortt: No Place like Home? Eleonora Hummel and the Russian German Past
Valerie Heffernan: Perspectives on the Borderline: Julia Franck’s Lagerfeuer
Emily Jeremiah: Sewing an Account of Oneself: Materiality, Femininity, and Germanness in Larissa Boehning’s Lichte Stoffe
Gillian Pye: Jenny Erpenbeck and the Life of Things
Elaine Martin: New-Economy Zombies: Kathrin Röggla’s wir schlafen nicht
Siobhán Donovan: Illness, Creativity and Self-Discovery in Lea Gottheil’s Sommervogel
Deirdre Byrnes: Writing on the Threshold: Memory, Language and Identity in Kathrin Schmidt’s Du stirbst nicht
Carrie Smith-Prei & Lars Richter: Politicising Desire in Juli Zeh’s Spieltrieb
Carmel Finnan: Cartographies of Self: Ilma Rakusa’s Autobiographical Narrative Mehr Meer. Erinnerungspassagen
Notes on Contributors
Index