Fremdes schreiben -- fremdes Schreiben: Konzeptionen von Alienitat (in) der Prosa Aleksandr Grins

Aleksandr Grin (1880-1932) is known for his romantic adventure stories with exotic locations and positive heroes, but this study challenges this classification by examining the foreign through a critical review of reception history and through detailed text analyzes. It also develops a structuralist-phenomenological theoretical approach to analyzing the foreign in other works and authors and non-literary contexts.

Format: Hardback
Length: 677 pages
Publication date: 11 July 2022
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG

Aleksandr Grin, a renowned Russian writer of the early 20th century, is widely celebrated for his captivating romantic adventure stories that transport readers to exotic locales and feature positive heroes. However, this conventional classification is challenged by the lens of the foreign, which is explored in two distinct ways within the study. Firstly, through a critical examination of the historical reception of Grin's works, the study reveals the mechanisms that have shaped the author's current, albeit selective and distant, image. Secondly, by conducting detailed text analyses and incorporating previously overlooked or underappreciated works by Grin, the study offers a fresh perspective on the writer's thematic diversity, complexity, and remarkable aesthetic quality. Moreover, the study develops a structuralist-phenomenological theoretical framework for analyzing the myriad manifestations of the foreign, which has the potential to be applied to other literary works, authors, and non-literary contexts.

Aleksandr Grin, a renowned Russian writer of the early 20th century, is widely celebrated for his captivating romantic adventure stories that transport readers to exotic locales and feature positive heroes. However, this conventional classification is challenged by the lens of the foreign, which is explored in two distinct ways within the study. Firstly, through a critical examination of the historical reception of Grin's works, the study reveals the mechanisms that have shaped the author's current, albeit selective and distant, image. Secondly, by conducting detailed text analyses and incorporating previously overlooked or underappreciated works by Grin, the study offers a fresh perspective on the writer's thematic diversity, complexity, and remarkable aesthetic quality. Moreover, the study develops a structuralist-phenomenological theoretical framework for analyzing the myriad manifestations of the foreign, which has the potential to be applied to other literary works, authors, and non-literary contexts.

Dimension: 235 x 160 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783525367629