It combines the investigation of David Mitchell's novels with the introduction of a new critical concept to literary studies: empowerment. It probes the author's strategies and agenda of empowering fiction on the levels of discourse, the characters.
It combines the investigation of David Mitchell's novels with the introduction of a new critical concept to literary studies: empowerment. It probes the author's strategies and agenda of empowering fiction on the levels of discourse, the characters.
Eva-Maria Windberger is a postdoctoral researcher in the field of British literature and culture at the University of Trier. In 2020, she completed a Ph.D. thesis exploring strategies and functions of empowerment in the novels of David Mitchell. She is co-editor (with Ralf Hertel) of the volume Empowering Contemporary Fiction: The Impact of Empowerment in Literary Studies (2021). Her current research project focuses on the performativity of East Asian identities on the British stage.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 A Poetics of Empowerment? Zooming in on Empowerment: Concepts and Contexts Empowerment and Literature 3 Empowering Discourse "All Boundaries Are Conventions": David Mitchell's Literary Playground Chapters in an Über-book: Understanding Mitchell's Fictional Universe 4 Empowering Characters From Subjugation to Emancipation: Journeys of Empowerment in Cloud Atlas Politics, Playground Bullies, Poetry: Empowerment in Black Swan Green Culture and Genre Clashes: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 5 Empowering Readers Reader-Response Theory, Empathy, Cognition, and Agency David Mitchell's Novels and the Role of the Reader 6 Conclusion: Towards a Poetics of Empowerment Index
Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 A Poetics of Empowerment? Zooming in on Empowerment: Concepts and Contexts Empowerment and Literature 3 Empowering Discourse "All Boundaries Are Conventions": David Mitchell's Literary Playground Chapters in an Über-book: Understanding Mitchell's Fictional Universe 4 Empowering Characters From Subjugation to Emancipation: Journeys of Empowerment in Cloud Atlas Politics, Playground Bullies, Poetry: Empowerment in Black Swan Green Culture and Genre Clashes: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 5 Empowering Readers Reader-Response Theory, Empathy, Cognition, and Agency David Mitchell's Novels and the Role of the Reader 6 Conclusion: Towards a Poetics of Empowerment Index
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