Body and Narrative in Contemporary Literatures in German - Herta Muller, Libuse Monikova, Kerstin Hensel

Zusatztext ...detailed and original textual readings... Informationen zum Autor Lyn Marven is a holder of a Leverhulme Early Careers Fellowship at Manchester University. Klappentext This book is the first to compare three contemporary women writing in German: Herta Müller (from Romania), Libuse Moníková (from Czechoslovakia), and Kerstin Hensel (from the GDR). Drawing on psychoanlytical, feminist, and performativity theory, it looks at images of the body and their relationship to the structures of their writing as well as analysing the social, cultural, and political contexts. Zusammenfassung Compares three contemporary women writing in German: Herta Muller (from Romania), Libuse Monikova (from Czechoslovakia), and Kerstin Hensel (from the GDR). Drawing on psychoanlytical, feminist, and performativity theory, this book looks at images of the body and their relationship to the structures of their writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: 'Daß dies der Osten ist Was im Kopf nicht aufhört': Introduction 2: Herta Müller: 'Das, was von innen kam, angesichts des Äußeren' 3: Libuše Moníková: 'Ich bin am Ort meines Ursprungs', 'Innen bin ich hohl' 4: Kerstin Hensel: 'Wer draußen steht, kann deutlicher sehen' 5: Interchanging Interpretations: Conclusion

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• Authors: Lyn Marven, Lyn (Manchester University) Marven, Marven Lyn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2005
• EAN: 9780199277766
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927776-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Oxford Modern Languages & Lite; Oxford Modern Languages & Lite; Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, german, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000