Belonging and Narrative

A Theory of the American Novel
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4600-9
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 291 g

Reihe: Lettre

Why did the novel become so popular in the past three centuries, and how did the American novel contribute to this trend? As a key provider of the narrative frames and formulas needed by modern individuals to give meaning and mooring to their lives. Drawing on phenomenological hermeneutics, human geography and social psychology, Laura Bieger contends that belonging is not a given; it is continuously produced by narrative. Against the current emphasis on metaphors of movement and destabilization, she explores the salience and significance of home. Challenging views of narrative as a mechanism of ideology, she approaches narrative as a practical component of dwelling in the world – and the novel a primary place-making agent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bieger, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Bieger, Laura
Laura Bieger (Prof. Dr. phil.) lehrt American Studies an der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Forschungs- und Lehraufenthalte in Freiburg, Berlin, Berkeley und Wien. Sie publiziert u.a. in New Literary History, Amerikastudien/American Studies, Studies in American Naturalism, Narrative und ZAA.

Laura Bieger is Professor of American Studies, Political Theory and Culture the University of Groningen. She held teaching and research positions at Universität Freiburg, FU Berlin, UC Berkeley, Universität Wien and IFK Wien. Her essays have appeared in New Literary History, Amerikastudien/American Studies, Studies in American Naturalism, Narrative and ZAA. She is currently working on reading publics in U.S. democracy.