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Erzählen als Arbeit an Brüchen und an Brüchigkeiten

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This book centers on narrative rupture, seeking to elucidate its role as a primary epistemological tool. Rupture can be conceived of as a ´travelling concept´ (Bal 2002), as a basic cognitive instrument. On account of its elementary structure and rich semiotic implications, it has traversed academic time and space, serving ever more as an integral part of a wide variety of artistic, intellectual and ideological paradigms. This first volume of a series dealing with the relationship between narration and rupture approaches the concept of narrative disruption on a meta-methodological level. By laying the foundations for a general cultural theory of narrative rupture, we hope to contribute to the larger project of a narratology-based theory of culture.

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Babka, Anna
Dr. Anna Babka ist assoziierte Professorin am Institut für Germanistik, Universität Wien.

Bidwell-Steiner, Marlen
Dr. Marlen Bidwell-Steiner ist habilitierte Romanistin an der Universität Wien.

Müller-Funk, Wolfgang
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Müller-Funk lehrt Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften an der Universität Wien.

Faßmann, Heinz
Prof. Dr. Heinz Fassmann ist Direktor des Instituts für Stadt- und Regionalforschung und Vizerektor für Forschung und Internationales an der Universität Wien.

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