Short Story in German in the Twenty-First Century
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- ISBN 9781640140462
- Weight: 588g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 2020
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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.
LYN MARVEN is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Liverpool. Andrew Plowman is Senior Lecturer in
German at the University of Liverpool. Kate Roy is Adjunct Professor in Literature and Modern Languages (German) at Franklin University, Switzerland. LYN MARVEN is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Liverpool. Andrew Plowman is Senior Lecturer in
German at the University of Liverpool. Kate Roy is Adjunct Professor in Literature and Modern Languages (German) at Franklin University, Switzerland. Katharina Gerstenberger is associate professor of German at the University of Cincinatti.
