| German-Language Literature Today: International and Popular?: International and Popular? Contributor(s): Williams, Arthur (Editor), Parkes, Stuart (Editor), Preece, Julian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3906764885 ISBN-13: 9783906764887 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $116.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Language Arts & Disciplines - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 830.900 |
| LCCN: 00052005 |
| Series: University of Bradford Studies |
| Physical Information: 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Changes discernible in German-language literature in the late 1990s are examined with particular emphasis on its international profile and the emergence of popular forms. Unification has not led to a homogeneous 'German' literature. 'German-language' literature, a more appropriate term, can be seen to explore and to adapt to international and multicultural influences. While the catalogues of foreign publishers of German-language literature and some translation practices still tend to nurture stubborn 'German' clich s and stereotypes, these nineteen essays provide ample evidence of a vibrant literature in transition from provincial introversion to a growing flexibility in both genre and perspective. A significant renegotiation of boundaries, texts and perceptions is evinced by analyses of writing from the east (Brumme, Brussig, Fries, Hensel, Krau , Liebmann, Rosenl cher, Schulze), from Austria (Scharang), from Switzerland (B r, Graf, Heimann, Knellwolf, Richle) and from the west, where the freshness of an intercultural Jugendliteratur complements, on the one hand, a deliberately exotic Grenzg ngerliteratur (Alafenisch, Schami) and calculated fable-spinning (Pirin ci) and, on the other, the critical and best-selling successes of authors as different as Grass, Schlink, Sebald, S skind, Timm, Wilkomirski and Woelk. |