The short story in German in the twenty-first century / edited by Lyn Marven, Andrew Plowman, and Kate Roy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marven, Lyn, editor.

Plowman, Andrew, 1966- editor.

Roy, Kate, editor.

Series:

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, German--History and criticism.

Short stories, German.

German fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

German fiction.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

345 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2020.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: The short story in German in the twenty-first century

ISBN:

9781640140462

1640140468

OCLC:

1096495649