„Multiplikation vieler Vergangenheiten“ Deutsche Literatur in und aus Südosteuropa als Forschungsgegenstand nach 1990
„Multiplikation vieler Vergangenheiten“ Deutsche Literatur in und aus Südosteuropa als Forschungsgegenstand nach 1990

Summary/Abstract: Romania’s accession to the European Union integrates its German speaking regions into the western value system that they have always felt to be connected to. The new cultural context enables a multiplication of the views on history, freed of resentments and of one dominating interpretation, causing the concepts of periphery and centre to lose their accuracy. The following paper analyses the consequences of these transformations on the Study of German literature. On the one hand German studies expand their literary history onto the new regions, becoming increasingly interested in it and academics in these regions have the same research facilities as the ones in Germany, thus channeling their interest also to the established German literature. Nevertheless the interest in regional literature, in the specific living, production and reception conditions persists creating identity and following the trend of specialization. Analysing the evolution of the study of regional German literature both diachronically and synchronically in the German speaking regions of Southeastern Europe, the paper shows that contemporary studies are less interested in the aspects of influence, reception and imitation and that the focus has shifted towards a comparative approach.

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