Synopses & Reviews
Europa? Das sei eine Erfindung der Dichter, sagt Heinrich Mann und verweist damit auf eine Beziehung, die seit Jahrhunderten Bestand hat: diejenige zwischen der europAischen Literatur und Europa als ihrem Thema. Imperium, Zivilisation, Vereinigte Staaten, Ordnungsmacht oder Friedensprojekt a ' vor allem im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert werden in literarischen Texten die unterschiedlichsten Vorstellungen von Europa formuliert und diskutiert. Aus ihrer exemplarischen Analyse des Werkes von neun Schriftstellern entwickelt die Studie ein VerstAndnis von der besonderen Beziehung zwischen der Literatur und Europa.
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With its new subtitle, Romance Literatures of the World, the book series mimesis presents an innovative and integral understanding of the Romance world and Romance Studies from the perspective of literary studies and cultural theory. It takes account of the fact that the fascinating development of Romance literatures and cultures both in Europe and beyond has set in motion worldwide dynamics which continue the great traditions of the Romance world and open up new horizons for them. mimesis works from a transareal understanding of Romance Studies which integrates Romance literatures and cultures both within and outside Europe and which transcends the national and disciplinary boundaries which often conceal the interactions between different traditions and developments in Europe and the Americas, in Africa and Asia. In the archipelago of Romance Studies, mimesis reveals how the representation of reality in the Romance literatures of the world opens the door to a multilingual cosmos of diverse logics.
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Europe? That is an invention of poets, Heinrich Mann said, referring to a relationship which has existed for centuries: the relationship between European literature and Europe as its theme. Empire, civilization, United States, regulatory force or peace project - especially in the 19th and 20th centuries the most diverse ideas of Europe were formulated and discussed in literary works. From their exemplary analysis of the works of nine authors, the study develops an understanding of the special relationship between literature and Europe.