Was ich schreibe, ist leider weder lustig noch ein Märchen

Erzählverfahren, Identitätskonzepte und Gesellschaftskritik bei Jakob Arjouni

Contributions by Robin-M. Aust Contributions by Manuel Bauer Contributions by Sarah Seidel Contributions by Richard Hronek Contributions by Carolin Wallraven Contributions by Sandra Cujic Contributions by Wolfgang Brylla Contributions by Stefan Seeber Contributions by Carolin Kull Contributions by Melissa Heinbach Contributions by Sandro M. Moraldo Contributions by Joshua Poschinski Contributions by Denise Schroeren Edited by Robin-M. Aust

Book cover: Was ich schreibe, ist leider weder lustig noch ein Märchen

Extent: 267 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Gesellschaftskritische Literatur - Texte, Autoren und Debatten

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(February 2023)

ISBN: 9783847114314

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $69.00

Out of stock

Jakob Arjouni thematisiert in seinen Krimis, Romanen, Erzahlungen oder Buhnenstucken inhaltlich wie erzahlerisch gescheiterte Identitatsentwurfe und perfide Lebenslugen in der deutschen Gesellschaft.


Arjouni’s texts tell the stories of losers and impostors who desperately try to uphold their identity concepts or satisfy social demands. They also adress the ‘German’ identity and its inherent rejection and demarcation from the ‘foreign’. Stereotyping and subversion are central narrative devices in Arjouni?’s work, mirroring the superficial view of the ‘other’ and the ‘own’, but also encompassing narrative and genre-specific stereotypes. Behind Arjouni’s irony, situational comedy, and wit, an aesthetic of failure to satisfy individual and social conditions in postwar Germany shines through. Ten years after Arjouni’s death, this book presents research findings and -tendencies on his work.

  • Contributions by Robin-M. Aust
  • Contributions by Manuel Bauer
  • Contributions by Sarah Seidel
  • Contributions by Richard Hronek
  • Contributions by Carolin Wallraven
  • Contributions by Sandra Cujic
  • Contributions by Wolfgang Brylla
  • Contributions by Stefan Seeber
  • Contributions by Carolin Kull
  • Contributions by Melissa Heinbach
  • Contributions by Sandro M. Moraldo
  • Contributions by Joshua Poschinski
  • Contributions by Denise Schroeren
  • Edited by Robin-M. Aust