How does transnationalism redefine contemporary literature?
- Submitting institution
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The University of Warwick
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 12672
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- C - Chapter in book
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- Book title
- Transnationalism in contemporary German-language literature
- Publisher
- Camden House
- ISBN
- 9781571139252
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The submitted chapter appeared in a double-blind peer-reviewed volume co-edited and co-introduced by Herrmann. The volume was designed to contribute to the study of the field of transnationalism within and beyond German Studies, not only by relating it to literature but also by refining our understanding of transnationalism as a contemporary reality, a concept, and an analytical tool. The volume presents the outcome of a co-organized three-day seminar on the topic conducted at the German Studies Association Conference in Kansas City in 2014. The idea of this seminar emerged from both Taberner’s and Herrmann’s work on transculturality and world literature, which laid a basis for the discussion. Revisions of the papers made in preparation for the volume’s publication reflected the discussions’ outcome as well as the three convenors’/co-editors’ critical comments and edits. The jointly authored introduction, with the work equally divided among the editors (pp. 1-16), maps out the field, provides a discussion of key terms and distinctions and discusses transnationalism as against neighbouring concepts such as globalisation, transculturality, minority, migrant and world literature. The first part of the book consists of three individual chapters by the co-editors, building a theoretical background for the volume while at the same time introducing different perspectives on transnationalism by applying the concept to case studies in German contemporary literature. Herrmann’s own chapter (pp. 19-42) pays particular attention to the relationship between transnationalism and notions of the nation, which has proven to be particularly difficult in the German context. The volume closes with an interview with German-Bulgarian author Ilija Trojanow on the impact of lived transnationalism on writing. As a guest speaker and seminar participant, Trojanow had been invited to the conference by Herrmann with funding from the German Academic Exchange Service.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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