Ralf Haekel
Biographic Data
| ID | 9609481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralf Haekel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralf |
| FAMILY NAME | Haekel |
| SIGNATURE | HAEKEL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Leipzig Leipzig Germany |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
The three papers joined in this research-cluster issue investigate contemporary works of fiction by focusing on a common formal feature: the inclusion of abstract reflection. While making general statements about contemporary fiction is notoriously difficult, there is nonetheless a clear tendency in a wide range of texts to incorporate short theoretical or essayistic deviations from the narrative sequence. After a brief definition of ‘abstraction…
“A Bridge is an Utterance”
Adrian Duncan’s second novel A Sabbatical in Leipzig (2020) marks a departure from ‘typical’ Irish topics such as national identity and religion. This he shares with a range of contemporary Irish authors, particularly those writing in the aftermath of the Celtic-Tiger years. The novel’s focus on architecture and engineering, which also looms large in Duncan’s other novels Love Notes from a German Building Site and The Geometer Lobachevsky , is un…
Community, Seriality, and the State of the Nation
Since the turn of the 21st century, the television series has rivalled cinema as the paradigmatic filmic medium. Like few other genres, it lends itself to exploring society in its different layers. In the case of Great Britain and Ireland, it functions as a key medium in depicting the state of the nation. Focussing on questions of genre, narrative form, and serialisation, this volume examines the variety of ways in which popular recent British an…
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Community, Seriality, and the State of the Nation
Since the turn of the 21st century, the television series has rivalled cinema as the paradigmatic filmic medium. Like few other genres, it lends itself to exploring society in its different layers. In the case of Great Britain and Ireland, it functions as a key medium in depicting the state of the nation. Focussing on questions of genre, narrative form, and serialisation, this volume examines the variety of ways in which popular recent British an…
Introduction
The three papers joined in this research-cluster issue investigate contemporary works of fiction by focusing on a common formal feature: the inclusion of abstract reflection. While making general statements about contemporary fiction is notoriously difficult, there is nonetheless a clear tendency in a wide range of texts to incorporate short theoretical or essayistic deviations from the narrative sequence. After a brief definition of ‘abstraction…
“A Bridge is an Utterance”
Adrian Duncan’s second novel A Sabbatical in Leipzig (2020) marks a departure from ‘typical’ Irish topics such as national identity and religion. This he shares with a range of contemporary Irish authors, particularly those writing in the aftermath of the Celtic-Tiger years. The novel’s focus on architecture and engineering, which also looms large in Duncan’s other novels Love Notes from a German Building Site and The Geometer Lobachevsky , is un…
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