Verflechtung von Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in Karl Markus Gauß´ Reiseberichten über Südosteuropa
Interweaving of past and present in Karl Markus Gauss' travel reports about Southeast Europe

Author(s): Goran Lovrić, Ivica Leovac
Subject(s): Cultural history, Regional Geography, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Austrian Literature, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Keywords: Southeast Europe; Karl Markus Gauss; travel reports;
Summary/Abstract: In the focus of this paper is the portrayal of Southeastern Europe in Karl Markus Gauß‘ travelogues Die sterbenden Europäer (2001), Die Donau hinab (2009) and Zwanzig Lewa oder tot (2017), in which the author describes in his typical essayistic style his travels through Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and other southeastern European countries and regions. His travelogues thematize the historical and political changes in southeastern Europe since the Second World War concerning the destiny of minorities and current political changes as well as the search for the Danube-Swabian roots of his family.

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