Identity Issues In European Literatures

Author : Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech
Publisher : V&R Unipress
ISBN 13 : 3847013882
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identity Issues in European Literatures written by Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech and published by V&R Unipress. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This trilingual volume sets out to address the forms of otherness and types of the Other through the example of case studies of European literatures and to look at them from an intercultural perspective. The concept of the Other not only varied from epoch to epoch, but it was tied to the development of the respective culture. Reflection on identity and otherness forms the core of the contributions collected in this volume, which focus on texts, authors or myths from French, German, English, Polish, Russian and Swedish literature from the 16th century until today. The selection of texts is intended to demonstrate the complexity and originality of the theme of otherness versus identity in contemporary literary research and to point to ist topicality. The volume sees itself as the result of comparative studies in which literary researchers discuss selected aspects of identityforming otherness, especially on a narrative level.

Author : Nele Bemong
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 904202352X
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re-thinking Europe written by Nele Bemong and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-Thinking Europe sets out to investigate the place of the idea of Europe in literature and comparative literary studies. The essays in this collection turn to the past, in which Europe became synonymous with a tradition of peace and tolerance beyond national borders, and enter into a critical dialogue with the present, in which Europe has increasingly become associated with a history of oppression and violence. The different essays together demonstrate how the idea of Europe cannot be thought apart from the tension between the regional and the global, between nationalism and pluralism, and can therefore be re-thought as an opportunity for an identity beyond national or ethnic borders. Engaging contemporary discourses on hybrid, postcolonial, and transnational identity, this volume shows how literature can function as both a vital tool to forge new identities and a power subversive of such attempts at identity-formation. Like Europe, it is always marked by the tension between integration and resistance. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of modern literature, comparative literature, and European studies, as well as people concerned with cultural memory and the relation between literature and cultural identity.

Author : Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech
Publisher : V&R unipress
ISBN 13 : 3737013888
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identity Issues in European Literatures written by Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech and published by V&R unipress. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This trilingual volume sets out to address the forms of otherness and types of the Other through the example of case studies of European literatures and to look at them from an intercultural perspective. The concept of the Other not only varied from epoch to epoch, but it was tied to the development of the respective culture. Reflection on identity and otherness forms the core of the contributions collected in this volume, which focus on texts, authors or myths from French, German, English, Polish, Russian and Swedish literature from the 16th century until today. The selection of texts is intended to demonstrate the complexity and originality of the theme of otherness versus identity in contemporary literary research and to point to ist topicality. The volume sees itself as the result of comparative studies in which literary researchers discuss selected aspects of identityforming otherness, especially on a narrative level.

Author : Huub van Baar
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178920643X
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roma and Their Struggle for Identity in Contemporary Europe written by Huub van Baar and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years after the collapse of Communism, and at a time of increasing anti-migrant and anti-Roma sentiment, this book analyses how Roma identity is expressed in contemporary Europe. From backgrounds ranging from political theory, postcolonial, cultural and gender studies to art history, feminist critique and anthropology, the contributors reflect on the extent to which a politics of identity regarding historically disadvantaged, racialized minorities such as the Roma can still be legitimately articulated.

Author : Dr Rebecca Friedman
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409495388
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Identity and Culture written by Dr Rebecca Friedman and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the EU continues its integration process, the concepts of culture and transnational European belonging remain ambivalent, whether in the realm of socio-historical representation or mass politics. Engaging with recent scholarly debates surrounding the formation of collective transnational identities, this collection draws on the latest empirical case studies to explore the meaning and composition of European identity, the mechanisms that create and shape it and the question of whom it includes. Each author pays close attention to the cultural aspects of identity formation, whether manifested in official, institutional articulations, such as symbols, coinage, ceremonies and discursive manifestations, or in the cultures of the everyday, such as through new forms of communication networks, consumption or leisure. Exploring attempts by various actors - institutions, groups, individuals - to create transnational European identities, European Identity and Culture scrutinizes the cultural formations that have either reignited or emerged in often contradictory relations to the EU project, including local, regional and transnational allegiances. A rich, interdisciplinary investigation of the role of culture in the formation of European identity, whether as a central building block to unity or as a formidable obstacle to a common sense of purpose, this book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences and humanities working on questions of political culture, European integration, citizenship and (trans-) national identity.

Author : Richard K. Herrmann
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461646367
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnational Identities written by Richard K. Herrmann and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2004-05-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original work explores the increasingly important phenomenon of the formation of transnational identity. Considering the ongoing relevance of the European Union, the contributors ask a series of intriguing questions: Is a European identity possible? How are the various types of European identity formed and maintained? How are these identities linked to the process of European integration? Examining the psychological, institutional, and political mechanisms that encourage or impede identification with transnational groups, the book considers these theoretical questions in light of new evidence drawn from a rich body of primary research, including field experiments, in-depth interviews with elites, and public opinion surveys. Brought together for the first time, social psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and ethnographers share their theoretical and methodological perspectives in tackling the common issues surrounding the emergence of "European" as a political identity. Paying special attention to the role of the institutions of the EU, the authors investigate the impact of neo-functionalist strategies and find that the processes of identity formation are far more complicated than can be explained by material and institutional factors alone. The authors engage in a fruitful dialogue about how much a European identity exists and how much it matters as they delve into the sources of disagreement and their implications.

Author : T. Armstrong
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333921616
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Modern Central and East European Literature written by T. Armstrong and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-01-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Perspectives on Modern Central and East European Literature: Quests for Identity, scholars from around the world examine the literatures of countries only recently coming into their own as distinct political and cultural identities. This volume will appeal to all students and scholars of modern Central and Eastern Europe, spanning as it does a broad spectrum of national literature, genres and literary and cultural issues.

Author : J. Manuel Barbeito
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039112289
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Identities and European Literatures written by J. Manuel Barbeito and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays focuses on the configuration and the crisis of national and cultural identities in modern and contemporary Europe. Renowned contributors address the question of identity from various theoretical frames (Eagleton, Honneth, Bourdieu). The essays collected in the first and second part of the book study the relation between literature and culture as well as the decisive, yet ambiguous role that literature has played in the identitary processes of nations. The last part of the volume examines the history and the present relevance of specific identitary processes. Dieser Sammelband thematisiert die Entstehung und Entwicklung kultureller und nationaler Identitäten in Europa und die damit einhergehenden Krisen. Renommierte Forscher reflektieren das Thema Identität im Lichte verschiedener theoretischer Ansätze (Eagleton, Honneth, Bourdieu). In den Beiträgen der ersten beiden Teile erörtern sie die Wechselwirkungen von Literatur und Kultur sowie die Rolle, die der Literatur in nationalen Identitätsprozessen zukommt. Im letzten Teil werden Geschichte und Gegenwart einzelner Identitätsprozesse analysiert.

Author : Elena Anastasaki
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000627276
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth and Identity of the Romantic Artist in European Literature written by Elena Anastasaki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study addresses the question of artistic identity and the myth of the artist as it has been shaped by the artists themselves. While the term artist is to be understood in a broad sense, the focus of this study is the literature of the Romantic tradition. Identity is largely perceived as a construct, and a central hypothesis of this book concerns its aesthetic value and the ways it creates dominant narratives of self-perception that produce powerful myths. The construction of the artist’s identity, be it collective or personal, rests on a series of aesthetic praxes. Caught between the mythic idealisation of poetic genius and its social devaluation, the Romantic artist seeks to create a place for himself, and in doing so, he engages in his own mythmaking. This process is studied in an interdisciplinary perspective, approaching texts and writers from different traditions. The study analyses various typologies of the artist, numerous mythmaking strategies as well as several postural techniques; all of which have sketched major direct or indirect fictional self-portraits in the European tradition.

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Download or read book Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1770-1945): Late Enlightenment : emergence of the modern 'national idea' written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: