Enduring Empires: History, Trauma and Identity in Recent German Writing from Central and Eastern Europe

不朽的帝国：中欧和东欧近期德语写作中的历史、创伤和身份

• 批准号: AH/E003435/1
• 负责人: Brigid Haines
• 金额: $ 3.62万
• 依托单位: Swansea University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2007 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FE003435%2F1
• 关键词: Enduring; Empires; History; Trauma; Identity

Enduring Empires' examines selected German-language fiction since 1980 by writers born after 1940 from, or whose parents were from, central and eastern European countries other than the former East Germany, that is: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Russia. These writers include both ethnic Germans and others who have migrated to Germany, Austria and Switzerland since the Second World War, and especially since the fall of communism. In comparison to Turkish-German, Jewish-German and east German literature, which have all received much critical attention, German writing from central and eastern Europe (henceforth: GWCEE) is relatively neglected. This pioneering project seeks to make good that deficiency. For GWCEE has made not only a distinguished but also a distinctive contribution to German literature. The works of these authors, many of whom are prize winners, have been well received by the media and the reading public. Their distinctiveness can be traced to the shared history of the region in which the imperial ambitions of successive empires (Habsburg, Nazi, Soviet, global capital) have been, and continue to be, played out. The texts concerned thematise domination, 'Heimat' (homeland), thwarted aspirations to national self-determination, trauma, violence, migration, multi-ethnicism, multilingualism, and the relations between Germany and Austria and their eastern neighbours. They catalogue historical change, both the bewilderingly fast change of the post-Cold-War era, and the stagnation of late-stage communism as it ground inevitably towards its end. They bear witness to the sufferings of those who did not survive past horrors. They also tell of sometimes painful, sometimes joyful negotiations of hybrid identities in the turbulent 1990s and the new millennium. Above all, they explore the enduring effects of empires on the identities of the peoples subjected to them.'Enduring Empires' will result in four outputs: three articles in peer-reviewed journals, and a web-based bibliography. Output 1, entitled ''Heimat' as Palimpsest: Bearing Witness in Recent Novels in German from Central and Eastern Europe', interprets the 'enduring' of the project title in the sense of 'putting up with wrongs'. It examines fiction set during communist rule which unsettles cosy ideas of 'Heimat' (homeland) and which testifies to the trauma of totalitarianism. Output 2, entitled 'The Alien Gaze: The Moment of Migration in Recent Writing in German from Central and Eastern Europe', examines novels of arrival in Germany, Austria and Switzerland of immigrants from the eastern bloc which present an uncomfortable image of life in the West. It explores how these texts pose a challenge to the host literatures. Output 3, entitled 'Enduring Empires: The Search for Identity in the New Europe', stresses the other sense of 'enduring', meaning 'lasting'. It shows, as does the project as a whole, how identities in Europe today are still affected by the successive empires which have asserted hegemony in the region, even as they celebrate the freedoms of postmodernity. Output 4, a simple listing of writers and their works, will be an invaluable tool for other researchers.The author will draw on her considerable experience in the field. Her work will combine archival research with author interviews and close readings of texts, and will be widely disseminated through conferences and peer-reviewed journals. The ground-breaking project will bring into sharp focus a new and exciting subset of contemporary German and European literature. It will open up a new perspective on German debates about its past, about Germany and Austria's relations with their minority communities, and about their place in the world. The resulting publications will appeal to scholars in German Studies, Central and Eastern European Studies, Border Studies, andto anyone with an interest in post-communism and contemporary European literature.

《经久不衰的帝国》评选了1980年后出生于中东欧国家的作家自1980年以来的德语小说，这些作家来自前东德以外的中东欧国家，即捷克共和国、匈牙利、波兰、罗马尼亚、斯洛伐克和俄罗斯。这些作家既包括德国人，也包括自第二次世界大战以来，特别是共产主义垮台以来移民到德国、奥地利和瑞士的其他人。与土耳其-德国、犹太-德国和东德文学都受到了极大的批评关注相比，来自中欧和东欧(以下简称GWCEE)的德国文学相对被忽视。这个开创性的项目试图弥补这一不足。因为GWCEE不仅对德国文学做出了杰出的贡献，而且做出了独特的贡献。这些作家的作品受到了媒体和读者的好评，其中许多人是获奖者。它们的独特性可以追溯到该地区的共同历史，在该地区，历代帝国(哈布斯堡、纳粹、苏联、全球首都)的帝国野心一直并将继续在该地区发挥作用。这些文本涉及统治、‘Heimat’(家园)等主题，挫败了民族自决的愿望、创伤、暴力、移民、多族裔、多语言以及德国和奥地利及其东部邻国之间的关系。他们列举了历史性的变化，既有冷战后令人眼花缭乱的快速变化，也有不可避免地走向终结的晚期共产主义的停滞。他们见证了那些在过去的恐怖中没有幸存下来的人的痛苦。它们还讲述了在动荡的20世纪90年代和新千年中，关于混合身份的谈判，有时痛苦，有时快乐。最重要的是，他们探讨了帝国对臣服于帝国的人民身份的持久影响。《持久的帝国》将产生四个成果：三篇发表在同行评议期刊上的文章，以及一份基于网络的参考书目。产出1名为《海马特》，作为Palimpsest：在中东欧用德语写的最近小说中的见证者，它解释了项目标题的“持久性”，意思是“忍受错误”。它考察了以共产主义统治为背景的小说，这些小说扰乱了人们对海马特(祖国)的舒适观念，也证明了极权主义的创伤。输出2名为《异形凝视：近期中欧和东欧德语写作中的移民时刻》，考察了来自东方集团的移民抵达德国、奥地利和瑞士的小说，这些小说呈现了令人不快的西方生活形象。它探讨了这些文本是如何对宿主文学构成挑战的。产出3名为《经久不衰的帝国：在新欧洲寻找身份认同》，强调了另一种意义上的“经久不衰”，意为“持久”。它表明，就像整个项目一样，当今欧洲的身份认同仍受到历届帝国的影响，这些帝国在该地区主张霸权，即使它们在庆祝后现代自由。输出4是作家及其作品的简单清单，对其他研究人员来说将是一个无价的工具。作者将利用她在该领域的丰富经验。她的工作将把档案研究与作者访谈和文本细读结合起来，并将通过会议和同行评议的期刊广泛传播。这个开创性的项目将使当代德国和欧洲文学的一个新的、令人兴奋的子集成为焦点。它将为德国关于其过去、德国和奥地利与其少数民族社区的关系以及他们在世界上的地位的辩论打开一个新的视角。由此产生的出版物将吸引德国研究、中东欧研究、边境研究的学者，以及任何对后共产主义和当代欧洲文学感兴趣的人。