UID:
almahu_9949704040702882
Format:
1 online resource (244 pages)
ISBN:
9789004334137
Series Statement:
European studies, a journal of European culture, history and politics ; 18
Content:
The human condition in rural, provincial locations is once again gaining status as a subject of European 'high fiction', after several decades in which it was dismissed on aesthetic and ideological grounds. This volume is one of the first attempts to investigate perspectives on local cultures, values and languages both systematically and in a European context. It does so by examining the works of a variety of authors, including Hugo Claus, Llamazares, Bergounioux and Millet, Buffalino and Consolo, and also several Soviet authors, who paint a grim picture of a collectivized - and thus ossified - rurality. How do these themes relate to the ongoing trend of globalization? How do these works, which are often experimental, connect - in their form, topics, language and ideological subtext - to the traditional rural or regional genres? Far from naively celebrating a lost Eden, most of these 'new Georgics' reflect critically on the tensions in contemporary, peripheral, rural or regional cultures, to the point of parodying the traditional topoi and genres. This book is of interest to those wishing to reflect on the dynamics and conflicts in contemporary European rural culture.
Note:
Chiefly English, with some contributions in French.
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AUTHORS IN THIS VOLUME /
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INTRODUCTION: THE NEW GEORGICS: RURAL AND REGIONAL MOTIFS IN THE CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN NOVEL /
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NATURE, HISTORY AND MODERNITY /
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HUGO CLAUS'S RURAL RUMOURS /
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'FROM NATURAL TO UNNATURAL': THE IMAGE OF AUSTRIA AS 'HEILE WELT' AND ITS CONSEQUENCES /
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LE 'THULSERN' DE GERHARD KÖPF: SI PRÈS, SI LOIN /
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VOICE, TEXT AND LITERACY IN THE ENGLISH GEORGIC OF ADAM THORPE'S ULVERTON: A POSTMODERN INTERROGATION OF THE COUNTRY-CITY DEBATE /
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RESHAPING MEMORY: BUFALINO, CONSOLO AND THE SICILIAN TRADITION /
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LE ROMAN RURAL PORTUGAIS DANS L'ACTUALITÉ /
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THE RUSSIAN VILLAGE WRITERS /
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PIERRE BERGOUNIOUX: UN LIMOUSIN ENTRE DESCARTES ET BOURDIEU /
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LE PLATEAU DES MILLE MYSTÈRES: RÉEL ET FANTASTIQUE CHEZ RICHARD MILLET /
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THE FRAMING OF THE WORLD IN THE NOVELS OF THE SWISS AUTHOR MARGRIT SCHRIBER /
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SERGIO MALDINI AND THE NORTH-EAST OF ITALY /
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THE METAPHORICAL LANDSCAPE OF THE SPANISH AUTHOR JULIO LLAMAZARES /
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FICTION AND REALITY IN SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW /
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LOSS IN MALDEGEM AND JORWERD COUNTRY 'SITES' IN CONTEMPORARY DUTCH/FLEMISH LITERATURE /
Additional Edition:
Print version: The New Georgics: Rural and Regional Motifs in the Contemporary European Novel Leiden, Boston : Brill | Rodopi, 2002, ISBN 9789042012707
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
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