Research Catalog

Title

Violent waters : literary border crossings in a global age / Alexandra Campana.

Author

Campana, Alexandra

Publication

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2020]

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Description

viii, 274 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

• "This volume investigates literary reactions to the violent aspects of globalization, under the overarching theme of border crossings. The discussed literary aesthetics present innovative forms of narration that unfold in the context of various cultural horizons - including the countries of Algeria, China, France, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK, and the United States - and academic disciplines"-- Back cover.
• The experience of witnessing and undertaking border crossings has become a pillar of the contemporary human condition. In order to respond to our global, multidimensional social reality, writers need to generate innovative forms of narration that expand the confines of literary tradition. This study discusses four types of border crossing (migration, intercultural dialogue, multicultural identities, military invasion) and presents literary aesthetics that unfold in Algeria, China, France, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK, and the USA. These analyses move from the fall of the Iron Curtain to the rise of the internet, and from the turn of the millennium to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Positioned in the field of comparative literature, this book draws upon an extensive background of theoretical thought (e.g. Adorno/Horkheimer, Arendt, Dawkins, Fanon, Freud, Kristeva, Žižek) and reaches into other academic disciplines (such as religious studies). Border crossings thus serve as both theme and methodology, which not only leads to a new definition of post-modern writing, but also underlines literature's relevance in a global society driven by public discourse.

Series Statement

Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ; volume 27

Uniform Title

Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ; v. 27.

Subject

• Border crossing in literature
• Boundaries in literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-270) and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-2439

ISBN

• 3110673568
• 9783110673562

LCCN

2020936593

OCLC

1223319715

Author

Campana, Alexandra, author.

Title

Violent waters : literary border crossings in a global age / Alexandra Campana.

Publisher

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ; volume 27

Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ; v. 27.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-270) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2439