The Short Story in German in the Twenty-First Century Hardback
Edited by Lyn Marven, Andrew Plowman, Kate Roy
Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:354 pages, 3 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:15/12/2020
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- ISBN:9781640140462
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:354 pages, 3 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:15/12/2020
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- ISBN:9781640140462