Beschreibung
Ilija Trojanow established his name as an international writer with the novel
or
(2006). This volume contains an interview with Trojanow, a previously unpublished essay on Lessing’s
, and essays by European and North American scholars on central aspects of Trojanow’s growing œuvre.
Autorenportrait
Julian Preece is Professor of German Studies at Swansea University and Director of its Centre for Contemporary German Culture. He is the author of
(1999; with Waldemar Lotnik),
(2001),
(2007) and
(2012).
Rezension
«In erster Linie werden Spezialisten und Studenten das Werk als Quelle und Anstoß für ihre wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen nutzen, aber auch ein begeisterter Leser, der Hintergründe verstehen und in die Tiefe gehen will, fühlt sich bestens bedient.» (Frank Riedel, literaturkritik.de 02/2014)
«This is a very good volume, which will be of great use to scholars and students alike. It is tightly edited, well conceived, and does a great service in making this important writer better known to readers and academics in the anglophone world.» (Stuart Taberner, Modern Language Review 109.4, 2014)
«Dies ist die erste Sammlung von Einzelbeiträgen zum bisherigen Werk von Ilija Trojanow, die eine neue Ära der literaturwissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung
mit dessen Werk einläutet.»
(Sabine Wilke, Gegenwartsliteratur 16/2016)
«[...] this volume is a valuable and important resource for future research on Trojanow and opens possible new approaches to this by now well-known and often provocative
writer and intellectual.»
(Sandra Vlasta, Austrian Studies, Volume 24/2016)
Inhalt
Contents: Julian Preece: Preface – Ilija Trojanow/Julian Preece: Interview – Ilija Trojanow: Weltbürgertum heute: Rede zu einer kosmopolitischen Kultur/What Being a Citizen of the World Means Today: On Cosmopolitan Culture (translated by Seiriol Dafydd) – Cornelius Partsch:
, Prison Privatisation and the Dystopian Turn in Contemporary Sci-Fi – Caitríona Ní Dhúill: The Hero as Language Learner: Biography and Metabiography in
/
– Ernest Schonfield: On the Road to Mecca with Trojanow and Burton – Eva M. Knopp: Letting the Subaltern Laugh: How Humour Works in
/The World Is Large and Salvation Lurks Around Every Corner and
/
Julian Preece: Mr Iceberger Runs Amok: The Aporias of Commitment in
/Melting Ice – Christina Kraenzle: Rewriting Colonial Travelogues: Cosmopolitan Visions and Colonial Legacies in
/Nomad on Four Continents – Ben Morgan: Two Models of Spiritual Life and Narrative Sovereignty: Trojanow and Religion – Julian Preece: From Kisch to Kapuściński: Trojanow and the European Tradition of Reportage.
