Baltic Peripeties - The Power of Narration and the Making of Regions

In Aristotle's Poetics, the well-constructed turning point, peripeteia, makes a story by unfolding its tragic - or, more broadly, literary - potential. But neither narrative nor historical turning points occur in empty spaces. Given the power of the peripety for plot-making, this volume inquires about its agency in the shaping of specific regions. Narration matters, for the constitution of events and regions alike; space matters, as a key element for the construction of plots and their dynamics. The Baltic Sea region, with its rich literary and cultural traditions and multiple overlapping layers of historical ruptures, is a particularly fruitful area for exploring transformation processes from a narratological point of view.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Cordelia Heß (Editore), Eckhard Schumacher (Editore)
• Editore: V&R unipress
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.07.2025
• EAN: 9783847117001
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-1700-1
• Illustrazioni: with 12 figures
• Serie: Transitions; TRANSitions / Transdisciplinary, Transmedial and Transnational Cultural Studies / Transdisziplinäre, transmediale und transnationale Studien zur Kultu; TRANSitions 008
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata