Beyond Narrative: Exploring Narrative Liminality and Its Cultural Work

Herrmann, Sebastian M. (Editor) / Schubert, Stefan (Editor) / Kanzler, Katja (Editor)

ISBN 10: 383766130X / ISBN 13: 9783837661309

Published by Transcript Verlag, 2022

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268 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond Narrative: Exploring Narrative Liminality and Its Cultural Work
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 383766130X
• ISBN 13: 9783837661309
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.51 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book calls for an investigation of the ›borderlands of narrativity‹ ― the complex and culturally productive area where the symbolic form of narrative meets other symbolic logics, such as data(base), play, spectacle, or ritual. It opens up a conversation about the ›beyond‹ of narrative, about the myriad constellations in which narrativity interlaces with, rubs against, or morphs into the principles of other forms. To conceptualize these borderlands, the book introduces the notion of »narrative liminality,« which the 16 articles utilize to engage literature, popular culture, digital technology, historical artifacts, and other kinds of texts from a time span of close to 200 years.

About the Author

Sebastian M. Herrmann is an American studies scholar at Leipzig University, Germany. His work is focused on the poetics of ('post-truth') politics, on popular culture, and on symbolic forms. His most recent monograph, currently forthcoming, focuses on the interdependence of data and literature in ninetheenth-century US culture. Katja Kanzler lehrt und forscht am Institut für Amerikanistik der Universität Leipzig. Stefan Schubert (Dr.) lehrt und forscht am Institut für Amerikanistik der Universität Leipzig.