Analele Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara, Dec 20, 2022
The present paper expounds on the underlying interpretations and principles of the concept of "li... more The present paper expounds on the underlying interpretations and principles of the concept of "list" and its roles in present-day German family narratives addressing migration. It demonstrates how lists can serve as a means of retracing, reprocessing, and reconfiguring the past in order to discern it better. Given their specific structure and qualities, as they assist in categorising, itemising and classifying, lists prove to be an appropriate tool for first-person narrators to reminisce about past episodes paramount to their lives. For this purpose, the article analyses the family narratives of three German-speaking contemporary authors, namely Aglaja Veteranyi, Saša Stanišić, and Katja Petrowskaja. It showcases the modalities in which lists can estrange experience and transform it aesthetically. The protagonists of the literary works under scrutiny investigate their roots and heritage through lists. At the same time, they process the outcomes of the historical moments which have inevitably left marks on their destiny. From this standpoint, we conclude that lists can provide a medium for the perception of events, for the recollection of memories and the externalisation of emotions, pains, traumas, and unpleasant, uncomfortable and suppressed oscillations of the self. Moreover, lists develop a framework that
The article pays tribute to four artists of the music scene, i.e. Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, P... more The article pays tribute to four artists of the music scene, i.e. Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and John Luther Adams. It walks in their footsteps through their autobiographies and features the major landmarks in their artistic and creative evolution. Despite the various incongruent traits in their music style, background, or gender, music autobiographies prove to be valuable assets, based on which correlations and contrasts can be elucidated, the road to growing into an artist can be followed, and the creative spirit can be grasped. We hereby conclude that autobiographies can constitute a bridge towards the artistic soul and deepen the understanding of how these musicians project themselves as performers and position themselves in society.
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