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The Christmas Oratorio
The Christmas Oratorio begins in the 1930s, when Solveig Nordensson (wife of Aron and mother of Sidner) is accidentally killed. The grieving family abandons its home and moves to another town, hoping to start afresh, but finds that its emotional burdens have emigrated with it. Aron, bereft by the loss of his wife, starts "seeing" her in capricious hallucinations, and tragically seeks her reincarnation in a love-starved woman half a world away. The introverted Sidner begins a quest for emotional maturity that leads him into odd friendships with a remarkably self-reliant street boy and a free-spirited older woman. And grandson Victor, heir to the tortured legacy left by Solveig's death, finds redemption for himself in a staging of Bach's Christmas Oratorio - a performance begun by Solveig half a century earlier and interrupted by her tragic death.
Am Wortgrund: Zur Poetik im Werk Göran Tunströms
Göran Tunström (1937-2000), der 1983 für seinen in viele Sprachen übersetzten Roman Juloratoriet (dt. Solveigs Vermächtnis) den Literaturpreis des Nordischen Rats erhielt, ist vor allem als begnadeter Erzähler und als ,fantastischer Realist' in die Literaturgeschichte Schwedens eingegangen. In den Feuilletons wurde er unter anderem "Garcia Márquez des Nordens" genannt. Die vorliegende Studie belegt, dass er nicht nur Geschichten entwirft, sondern dass er in all seinen Texten, ob in der Lyrik, Essayistik, Prosa oder Dramatik, vom Debut an Passagen der Sprachreflexion eingeflochten hat. Durch eine genaue Lektüre dieser Passagen versucht die Arbeit, die buchstäbliche Ästhetik des Worts im Gesamtwerk Tunströms zu rekonstruieren, die von einer Auseinandersetzung mit dem (göttlichen oder biblischen) Wort, über die Frage nach dessen Herkunft und (richtigem) Gebrauch, dem kindlichen Spracherwerb bis hin zum Nachweis bei literarischen Vorbildern reicht. Anhand dieser Rekonstruktion werden Autorgenese und Genealogie des Schreibens bei Tunström erfahrbar.
Theatre Worlds in Motion
Theatre Worlds in Motion aims to clarify the different theatre traditions and practices in Western Europe from a historical and sociological perspective. The book grew out of a perceived need among theatre scholars who had recognised that, while they understood the theatre system of their own country, they often found it difficult to discover how it compared with other countries. The chapters analyse the basic components and dynamics of theatre systems in seventeen Western European nations in order to elucidate how the systems function in general and how they vary in different cultures. The book provides a sense of what has been happening recently in particular countries, and indicates how t...
Comparative Criticism: Volume 17, Walter Pater and the Culture of the Fin-de-Siècle
Addresses literary theory and criticism, comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature
opinion, the Guide offers a discriminating - and sometimes controversial - view of a broad range of contemporary literatures.
Swedish Women's Writing 1850-1995
Provides a survey of women's writing in Sweden, from the beginnings of the struggle for emancipation in the 1850s to the present day. These writers are seen within the political, cultural and economic context of women's lives. Modern critical currents are also assessed and Swedish feminist criticism is considered alongside the French and American traditions.
A History of Swedish Literature
Volume 3.
