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Wöchentliche Blogeinträge (inter)nationaler AutorInnen
Exile and the burden of home on us/ Das Exil und die Last der Heimat auf uns/ المنفى ووطأة الأوطان فينا نجم والي
Veröffentlicht von Najem Wali | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, The Migrants
It is right, of course, that many writers and artists are ‘geographically’ in exile. Yet in my view, back ‘home’ they had already gone into inner exile since they became aware of the pain in the ...
Is The Political Making a Comeback?/ Kehrt das Politische zurück?
Veröffentlicht von Rainer Moritz | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
On Literature in 2015. It sounds so easy: you pick the most important novels, short stories and poetry editions from a year; you assess and evaluate them, and finally you say what these novels, short ...
Is technology a help or a hindrance for writers?
Veröffentlicht von Sam Sedgman | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
The internet can be a real problem. Or at least that’s how many writers, including Zadie Smith and Nick Hornby, sometimes feel. They are two of a cohort of writers who confess to keeping their ...
On the diary as a literary genre/ Über das Tagebuch als literarische Gattung
Veröffentlicht von Peter Zimmermann | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
Awake. Get up. Snow outside.
About Change and Digital Oblivion/ Változás – A frissítés mint felejtés
Veröffentlicht von Szilárd Borbély | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
I am searching on the internet. I am searching for the word “change.” The most important change to shape the technology of research is the fact that now we always start with the internet. Myself ...
Media Tax, Not TV Licence Fees/ Mediensteuer statt Fernsehabgabe
Veröffentlicht von Beat Mazenauer | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
Swiss citizens recently voted about new regulations for their radio and television licence fees. The result was an extremely close vote for a licence fee that, similar to the German model, is not ...
Wrong and right – right or wrong?/ Falsch und richtig – richtig oder falsch? (3)
Veröffentlicht von Anna Kim | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, The Migrants
Finally, I would like to speculate on three (almost) non-polemical (non-partisan) thoughts:
WOMEN ON THE EDGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Veröffentlicht von Katja Perat | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
I never belonged to the big fans of crime stories. I never knew the collected works of Agatha Christie by heart. When Stieg Larsson became a big thing, I did not even try hard enough to go to the ...
Wrong and right – right or wrong?/ Falsch und richtig – richtig oder falsch? (2)
Veröffentlicht von Anna Kim | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, The Migrants
Can a ‘wrong’ Austrian produce ‘right’ Austrian literature? I haven’t escaped this question so far. It seems to be a genuine ‘questionable case’ (Fragefalle), or a ‘trap’ question (Fallenfrage).
The E-Book Market: How English is Displacing Smaller Languages
Veröffentlicht von Renata Zamida | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
What do e-books mean in the context of preserving “lesser used languages”? Practically nothing. Whoever works in the book industry knows what the wider used languages are, and what they mean. This is ...
