Melancholie in der Literatur als Ausdruck des Habsburgischen und Osmanischen Mythos

Translated title of the contribution: Melancholy in literature as an expression of the Habsburg and Ottoman Myth

Johanna Chovanec

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Abstract

Both the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire disintegrated after WW I. Regarding Austrian literature, Claudio Magris proposes the Habsburg myth of post-imperial melancholy. This publication discusses the Ottoman myth of post-imperial melancholy as a main theme in Turkish literature.
Translated title of the contributionMelancholy in literature as an expression of the Habsburg and Ottoman Myth
Original languageGerman
Title of host publicationTurns und kein Ende? Aktuelle Tendenzen in Germanistik und Komparatistik
EditorsElke Sturm-Trigonakis, Olga Laskaridou, Evi Petropoulou, Katerina Karakassi
PublisherPeter Lang
Pages171-186
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Publication series

SeriesHellenogermanica : griechische germanistische Hochschulstudien
Volume5

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 602052 Turkish studies
  • 605004 Cultural studies
  • 602053 Comparative literature studies

Keywords

  • Turkish literature
  • post-imperial narratives
  • ottoman myth
  • habsburg myth
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