„In der Angst zu Hause.“ Städtische Szenarien in Herta Müllers Romane

• Authors: Ujeniuc Alina , Dimian Raluca

Title variants

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„In der Angst zu Hause.“ Urban Scenarios in Herta Müller’s Novels

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

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The exploration of the writing process, the connection between an author's memory, creative thinking, and the text, became a central theme in Herta Müller's essayistic works following her emigration to Germany in the late 1980s. This theme also found its place in her debut fictional literature. Approaches to self-reflexive writing emerged in the essay collection Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel. Wie Wahrnehmung sich erfindet (1991), as well as in later essay compilations like Der König verneigt sich und tötet and the text Immer derselbe Schnee und immer derselbe Onkel (2011). This article seeks to explore the relationship between the self-reflexive staging of the act of writing in Herta Müller's essays from the 1990s and its fictional representation in her novel. The answer to this inquiry is pursued within the framework of the present article.

Keywords

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Herta Müller; Germany; self-reflexive writing; perception

• Publisher: Inter Litteras Research Centre, STEFAN CEL MARE University, Suceava, Romania; STEFAN CEL MARE Publishing House
• Journal: Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors: Researches into Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 22 (Polycentric Perspectives on Philology II)
• Pages: 150-174

Contributors

author

Ujeniuc Alina

• “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania

author

Dimian Raluca