Narrative der Grenze

Die Etablierung und Überschreitung von Grenzen

Contributions by Anna Pastuszka Contributions by Jolanta Pacyniak Contributions by Urszula Bonter Contributions by Hans Richard Brittnacher Contributions by Hartmut Eggert Contributions by Joanna Firaza Contributions by Michaela Holdenried Contributions by Marek Jakubów Contributions by Jerzy Kałążny Contributions by Irmela von der Lühe Contributions by Konrad Łyjak Contributions by Beate Sommerfeld Contributions by Dorota Tomczuk Contributions by Monika Wolting Contributions by Katarzyna Wójcik Edited by Anna Pastuszka Edited by Jolanta Pacyniak

Book cover: Narrative der Grenze

Extent: 203 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Gesellschaftskritische Literatur - Texte, Autoren und Debatten

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(May 2023)

ISBN: 9783847115557

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $62.00

On back order

Die Grenzen werden auf der inhaltlichen Seite literarischer Werke in ihrer asthetischen, politischen oder soziologischen Auspragung reflektiert. Die Grenzuberschreitung erscheint auch als Konstruktionsprinzip in literarischer Struktur.


This volume features contributions addressing the issues of borders and their manifestations in literary texts. Border narratives refer to different aspects of the border – its historical and territorial form, its relativity and the very nature of this construct. At the centre there are authors – as travellers, borders crossers, migrants, exiles- and corresponding literary figures. In their ambivalent structure, borders appear as insurmountable and protective, but also permeable and open entities. The collected texts criticise the will to isolate oneself against the other and foreign elements as a loss of energy, but also stress the ethical necessity of borders. Furthermore, the authors emphasise the aspects of crossing spatial, linguistic or temporal borders as well as going beyond textual and genre boundaries.

Dr. habil. Anna Pastuszka ist Literaturwissenschaftlerin am Lehrstuhl für Germanistik der Maria-Curie-Skłodowska-Universität Lublin, Polen. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Reise- und Erinnerungsliteratur sowie Räume, Orte und Landschaften in der Literatur.

  • Contributions by Anna Pastuszka
  • Contributions by Jolanta Pacyniak
  • Contributions by Urszula Bonter
  • Contributions by Hans Richard Brittnacher
  • Contributions by Hartmut Eggert
  • Contributions by Joanna Firaza
  • Contributions by Michaela Holdenried
  • Contributions by Marek Jakubów
  • Contributions by Jerzy Kałążny
  • Contributions by Irmela von der Lühe
  • Contributions by Konrad Łyjak
  • Contributions by Beate Sommerfeld
  • Contributions by Dorota Tomczuk
  • Contributions by Monika Wolting
  • Contributions by Katarzyna Wójcik
  • Edited by Anna Pastuszka
  • Edited by Jolanta Pacyniak