Alexandra Kurmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1019906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Kurmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Kurmann |
| SIGNATURE | KURMANN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6782-7545 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Looking Through the Eyes of the Other: Sartrean Reader Consciousness
This article applies Jean-Paul Sartre's proposition in Being and Nothingness of “the Look” (le regard) to the context of fiction, offering a phenomenological perspective on why bibliophiles sense they inhabit the world of the text. Contributing to an Other-centered ethics identified in contemporary narrative theory, the author argues that Looking through the eyes of the narrator affords textual encounters that prioritize the experiences of Others…
Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature
This special issue follows a conference entitled ‘Rencontres: A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora’ that was held at the University of Melbourne, December 1-2 in 2016 and which sought to enable, for the first time, the titular transdiasporic rencontres or encounters between international authors of the Vietnamese diaspora. The present amalgam of previously unpublished texts written by celebrated Francophone and Anglophone authors of V…
Aller-retour-détour: Transdiasporic Nomadism and the Navigation of Literary Prescription in the Work of Kim Thúy and Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut
In Ru and Le Palais du Mandarin Kim Thúy and Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut respectively depict multiple homecomings and lateral mobility across the diaspora, signalling a transition in Vietnamese-Francophone Studies from an engagement with exile-writing to the production of a transdiasporic literature. Such a turn involves writing for the transnational Việt Kiều community as much as for readers across nations of settlement. Correspondingly, Thúy recounts h…
Aller-retour-détour: Transdiasporic Nomadism and the Navigation of Literary Prescription in the Work of Kim Thúy and Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut
In Ru and Le Palais du Mandarin Kim Thúy and Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut respectively depict multiple homecomings and lateral mobility across the diaspora, signalling a transition in Vietnamese-Francophone Studies from an engagement with exile-writing to the production of a transdiasporic literature. Such a turn involves writing for the transnational Việt Kiều community as much as for readers across nations of settlement. Correspondingly, Thúy recounts h…
Introduction: Transdiasporic Rencontres in Việt Kiều Literature
This special issue follows a conference entitled ‘Rencontres: A Gathering of Voices of the Vietnamese Diaspora’ that was held at the University of Melbourne, December 1-2 in 2016 and which sought to enable, for the first time, the titular transdiasporic rencontres or encounters between international authors of the Vietnamese diaspora. The present amalgam of previously unpublished texts written by celebrated Francophone and Anglophone authors of V…
Aller-retour-détour: Transdiasporic Nomadism and the Navigation of Literary Prescription in the Work of Kim Thúy and Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut
In Ru and Le Palais du Mandarin Kim Thúy and Thanh-Van Tran-Nhut respectively depict multiple homecomings and lateral mobility across the diaspora, signalling a transition in Vietnamese-Francophone Studies from an engagement with exile-writing to the production of a transdiasporic literature. Such a turn involves writing for the transnational Việt Kiều community as much as for readers across nations of settlement. Correspondingly, Thúy recounts h…
Looking Through the Eyes of the Other: Sartrean Reader Consciousness
This article applies Jean-Paul Sartre's proposition in Being and Nothingness of “the Look” (le regard) to the context of fiction, offering a phenomenological perspective on why bibliophiles sense they inhabit the world of the text. Contributing to an Other-centered ethics identified in contemporary narrative theory, the author argues that Looking through the eyes of the narrator affords textual encounters that prioritize the experiences of Others…
Art (3 works) · History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 works) · Consciousness (1 works) · Engineering (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · French Literature and Criticism (1 works)