An Aethetics of Narrative Performance : Transnational Theater, Literature, and Film in Contemporary Germany /

"The contemporary moment has been described in terms of both a "narrative" and a "performative turn," but the overlap between these two has largely escaped attention. This curious gap is explained by the ways in which scholars across the humanities have defined narrative and...

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Main Author: Breger, Claudia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Toward an aesthetics of narrative performance
  • Theatrical narratives : film 'made in Germany' around 2000
  • Evoking presence-in mediation : literary scenarios at the turn of the century
  • Epic commentary and affective presencing : contemporary theater
  • Like God's voice? The return of authoritative narration
  • A new aesthetics of proximity : the turn to presence
  • In summary : gestures of closure.