Der Erzähler als ‘Popmoderner Flaneur’ in Christian Krachts Roman Faserland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9853464 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anke S Biendarra (Seattle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 164-179 |
| Publication date | 2002-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Life and Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8777 • E-ISSN: 1468-0483 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0483.00222 |
| OpenAlex | W2001183345 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 3 |
Faserland (1995) exemplifies a new phenomenon in contemporary German literature. It cleared the way for a younger generation of writers and their description of the formerly marginalised experiences of everyday life, whose narratives focus is on the communication between narrator and reader. Hitherto, discussion of this novel has largely concentrated on its connection with ‘pop literature’, whilst its literary qualities and conceivable links with (post)modern literature have been ignored. Walter Benjamin's typology of the flâneur is used to illuminate the novel's aesthetic strengths, its narrative voice and textual structure. In taking into account historical developments, the interpretation characterizes the narrator as a ‘popmodern flâneur ’, whose gaze no longer falls upon the metropolis but upon a frayed microcosm of German society. It suggests that the narrative report is a fictitious and imagined journey, which reveals itself as the narrator's failed attempt to ascertain a concept of subjectivity. In a world that presents itself as a Vanity Fair, the narrator's language, which retreats to the empty style of a world of commodities, fails. The poetic project of mastering experiences through narrative is equally unsuccessful
Aesthetics · Art · Clearance · Epistemology · German · German Literature · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literary criticism · Literature · Narrative · Phenomenon · Poetry · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Subjectivity · Typology · Anthropology · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · German Literature and Culture Studies · History · Literature and Cultural Memory · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2010 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |