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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451291803321

Autore

Marven Lyn

Titolo

Body and narrative in contemporary literatures in German [[electronic resource] ] : Herta Müller, Libuše Moníková, and Kerstin Hensel / / Lyn Marven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-281-34593-8

9786611345938

0-19-153514-1

1-4356-1425-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Oxford modern languages and literature monographs

Disciplina

830.9/92870904

Soggetti

German literature - Women authors - History and criticism

German literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Human body in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: 'Daß dies der Osten ist Was im Kopf nicht aufhört'; 2. HertaMüller: 'Das, was von innen kam, angesichts des Äußeren'; 3.Libuše Moníková: 'Ich bin am Ort meines Ursrungs', 'Innen bin ich hohl'; 4. Kerstin Hensel: 'Wer ''draußen'' steht, kann deutlicher sehen'; 5. Interchanging Interpretations: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first to compare three contemporary women writing in German: Herta M--uuml--;ller (from Romania), Libuse Mon--iacute--;kov--aacute--; (from Czechoslovakia), and Kerstin Hensel (from the GDR). Drawing on psychoanlytical, feminist, and performativity theory, it looks at images of the body and their relationship to the structures of their writing as well as analysing the social, cultural, and political contexts. - ;This book examines the relationship between representations of the body and narrative strategies in the work of three contemporary women writers from the former Easter