Interrupted Stories: Multilingualism in Post-Yugoslav Literature in Germany and Austria

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Christian Emden David Midgley

Interrupted Stories

Multilingualism in Post-Yugoslav Literature in Germany and Austria

Christian Emden, David Midgley, Iga Nowicz

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Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
30 September 2024

Bilingualism & multilingualism; Historical & comparative linguistics; Literary studies: from c 1900 -

Series: Cultural History & Literary Imagination

Written in response to a brutal ethnic conflict that shocked Europeans in the 1990s, post-Yugoslav literature addresses issues that are still pertinent today.

Looking at questions of language, gender, memory and identity, this book sheds new light on texts by three post-Yugoslav authors writing in German: Saša Stanišić, Marica Bodrožić and the lesser-known Austrian author Alma Hadžibeganović.

Drawing on sources from history, sociology, feminist theory, trauma studies and linguistics, the author argues that post-Yugoslav texts use multilingual strategies to explore the complex interplay of linguistic, ethnic, gender and sexual difference in the former Yugoslavia and to interrogate the monolingual paradigm dominant in Western Europe. She shows that post-Yugoslav literature – written in German and born out of spatial and linguistic dislocation – can open up new imaginary possibilities and point to transnational bonds that counter the acute sense of loss and speechlessness induced by trauma.

The proposal for this book was the Winner of the 2018 Women in German Studies Book Prize.

By: Iga Nowicz
Series edited by: Christian Emden, David Midgley
Imprint: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: 36
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 416g
ISBN: 9781803745435
ISBN 10: 1803745436
Series: Cultural History & Literary Imagination
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 September 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Iga Nowicz received her Joint-PhD in German Studies from King’s College London and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She has taught at universities in London, Berlin, Flensburg and Vienna and is currently a research fellow at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Her interests include comparative literature, gender studies, decolonial theory, literary translation and creative writing.