‘Affirmation’ als Textverfahren. Zur Gattungskritik und Praxis biographischen Schreibens in Marlene Streeruwitz’ Roman «Nachwelt»
Marlene Streeruwitz’s award-winning novel Nachwelt (1999, Posterity) is a highly avant-garde experiment in metafiction. Described on its cover as both a «novel» and a «travelogue», the text intertwines autobiographical elements with biographical elements from the life of the sculptor Anna Mahler, da...
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Milano University Press
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Studia austriaca |
| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/StudiaAustriaca/article/view/28843 |
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| Summary: | Marlene Streeruwitz’s award-winning novel Nachwelt (1999, Posterity) is a highly avant-garde experiment in metafiction. Described on its cover as both a «novel» and a «travelogue», the text intertwines autobiographical elements with biographical elements from the life of the sculptor Anna Mahler, daughter of Gustav Mahler and Alma Mahler-Werfel. Drawing on Judith Butler’s redefinition of ‘affirmation’, this article examines how Streeruwitz develops a narrative technique in Nachwelt that both critiques conventional biographical narratives and creates an alternative form of life writing, grounded in an ‘affirmative’ textual strategy.
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| ISSN: | 1593-2508 2385-2925 |