Special Issue: Transit oder Transformation? Sprachliche und literarische Grenzüberschreitungen

Auteurs

• Gillian Pye

Paramètres

• Fiction

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The introduction explores the theme of border crossings in language and literature, examining various facets of intercultural experiences. Arnd Witte discusses foreign language learning and the development of intercultural identity. Gerald Bär offers poetic insights into the event character of significant occurrences and their fictionalization. Michael Ewert traces the evolution from Chamisso to "Chamisso literature," focusing on spatial awareness, transit experiences, and transnationality in German-speaking intercultural literature. Yvonne Duzik analyzes the motif of waiting in desolate spaces, particularly train stations, in Yoko Tawada's works. Elin Nesje Vestli compares Sibylle Lewitscharoff's "Apostoloff" and Melinda Nadj Abonji's "Tauben fliegen auf," considering transit as a theme. Silke Pasewalck critiques society and envisions social utopia through the transit space of the subway in Volker Ludwig's musical theater "Linie 1." Anna Stiepel examines adolescence as a transit space, using Wolfgang Herrndorf's novel "Tschick" to discuss identity negotiation through travel. Joseph Zoderer's "Das Glück beim Händewaschen" is analyzed by Stiepel, highlighting online identity formation as a transit space. The volume also includes contributions on aesthetic pursuits in literature and reviews of recent works, alongside conference reports.

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• Année de publication: 2016