Fictionalizing the World
Rethinking the Politics of Literature
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Beschreibung
The authors explore the interaction between literature and politics in a variety of genres of literary texts from different time periods and continents. They focus on the relationship between fiction and identity; the creation of spaces of/in fiction; and the interplay of irony and fiction.
The book offers ten essays which explore the interaction between literature and politics. The authors investigate a variety of genres including young-adult fiction, national poetry, novels, autobiography, and performance art from different time periods ranging from the 18th up to the 21st century from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Grouped in three sections, the essays focus on the relationship between fiction and identity; the creation of spaces of/in fiction; and the interplay of irony and fiction. They reveal that fiction has a fundamental potential not only to react to but also to affect and shape the world. This offers a possibility to negotiate and re-imagine the ways in which we perceive the world and position ourselves within it.
Autor*in
Louisa Söllner
Themen in »Fictionalizing the World«
Fictionalizing Identitätsnarrative Ironie Literature Politics Politik in der Fiktion Postkoloniale Literatur Räume in der Fiktion Rethinking Söllner World