Entwicklungen in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur nach 1989

Edited by Carsten Gansel Edited by Elisabeth Herrmann Series edited by Carsten Gansel Series edited by Hermann Korte

Book cover: Entwicklungen in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur nach 1989

Extent: 304 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: German Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien

Language: German

Hardback (Out of print)

(July 2013)

ISBN: 9783899719529

6.54 x 9.69 inches

Price: $82.00

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This volume traces current developments in contemporary German-language literature. It reveals that changes in the literary field have taken place since the mid-1990s that are not least connected with the establishment of a young generation of storytellers and the formation of new groups. Linked to this is, among other things, a “rehabilitation” of storytelling and an increasing plurality of forms, genres, narrative styles and media networks. Against this background, the contributions show the key thematic areas and poetological tendencies in the literature since 1989. They reveal the referential polarity of literary and media discourse: while the debate over the most recent German history remains prominent, new genres such as pop and migrant literature testify that authors increasingly make reference to sociocultural phenomena of the immediate present in its international context. German text.

Prof. Dr. Carsten Gansel lehrt Neuere deutsche Literatur und Germanistische Literatur- und Mediendidaktik an der Universität Gießen. Er ist zudem Vorsitzender der Jury zur Verleihung des Uwe-Johnson-Literaturpreises sowie des Uwe-Johnson-Förderpreises und Mitglied des P.E.N.-Zentrums Deutschland. 2012 wurde er für den Diefenbaker Award (Canada) nominiert.

  • Edited by Carsten Gansel
  • Edited by Elisabeth Herrmann
  • Series edited by Carsten Gansel
  • Series edited by Hermann Korte