The Short Story in German in the Twenty-First Century

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Boydell and Brewer Ltd, US, 2020

1640140468 / 9781640140462

Serie: Libro 32 di 48 - Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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Offers readings of key contemporary trends and themes in the vibrant genre of short-story writing in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with attention to major practitioners and translations of two representative stories.Since the 1990s, the short story has re-emerged in the German-speaking world as a vibrant literary genre, serving as a medium for both literary experimentation and popular forms. Authors like Judith Hermann and Peter Stamm have had a significant impact on German-language literary culture and, in translation, on literary culture in the UK and USA. This volume analyzes German-language short-story writing in the twenty-first century, aiming to establish a framework for further research into individual authors as well as key themes and formal concerns. An introduction discusses theories of the short-story form and literary-aesthetic questions. A combination of thematic and author-focused chapters then discuss key developments in the contemporary German-language context, examining performance and performativity, Berlin and crime stories, and the openendness, fragmentation, liminality, and formal experimentations that characterize short stories in the twenty-first century. Together the chapters present the rich field of short-story writing in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, offering a variety of theoretical approaches to individual stories and collections, as well as exploring connections with storytelling, modernist short prose, and the novella. The volume concludes with a survey of broad trends, and three original translations exemplifying the breadth of contemporary German-language short-story writing. …

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Titolo
The Short Story in German in the Twenty-First Century
Autore
Rafaël Newman
Editore
Boydell and Brewer Ltd, US
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Condizione
New
Rilegatura
Hardback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1640140468
ISBN 13
9781640140462
Peso dell'articolo
1 grammo
Serie
Libro 32 di 48: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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