Beyond Area Studies,
TransArea Studies point out mobile conceptions of spaces and places.
Beyond spatial history,
TransArea Studies emphasize vectorial dynamisms and processes.
Beyond traditional comparative studies,
TransArea Studies focus on border-crossing, on entanglements and multiple logics.
Conference Homepage (Global South Studies Center Cologne, German) Conference Program (PDF) Conference Poster (PDF) A Transarea Symposium, organized by Gesine Müller (University of Cologne), Ottmar Ette (University of Potsdam), and the Global South Studies Center Cologne (Center of Excellence), in … Continue reading
Valdivia Orozco, Pablo: Weltenvielfalt. Eine romantheoretische Studie im Ausgang von Gabriel García Márquez, Sandra Cisneros und Roberto Bolaño. Walter de Gruyter 2013
Valdivia Orozco, Pablo: Weltenvielfalt. Eine romantheoretische Studie im Ausgang von Gabriel García Márquez, Sandra Cisneros und Roberto Bolaño. Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter (Reihe mimesis – Romanische Literaturen der Welt 56) 2013 [559 p.]
Hardcover | List price Euro [D] 129.95
ISBN 978-3-11-030824-2
This study, focusing on Latin American literature, discusses the motif of a variety of worlds as a key concept of the modern novel in terms of genre, culture, and fiction theory: the world of the modern novel is always already in contact with another one. This concept, developed against the backdrop of (literary) history, goes hand in hand with the theoretical assumption that modern novel forms have brought about a turn in genre theory. Differently from genuine poetics, genre theory is always also concerned with and contingent on a certain history/back story. Continue reading