Beyond the Borders of the Baltic Sea. Outlining a Narratology of Regions

Schiedermair, Joachim (2025): Beyond the Borders of the Baltic Sea. Outlining a Narratology of Regions. In: Schumacher, Eckhard und Heß, Cordelia (eds.) : Baltic Peripeties : The Power of Narration and the Making of Regions. TRANSitions. Transdisciplinary, Transmedial and Transnational Cultural Studies, Vol. 8. Göttingen: Brill. pp. 23-38

Abstract

In Aristotle’s Poetics, the well-constructed turning point, peripeteia, makes a story by unfolding its tragic – or, more broadly, literary – potential. But neither narrative nor historical turning points occur in empty spaces. Given the power of the peripety for plot-making, this volume inquires about its agency in the shaping of specific regions. Narration matters, for the constitution of events and regions alike; space matters, as a key element for the construction of plots and their dynamics. The Baltic Sea region, with its rich literary and cultural traditions and multiple overlapping layers of historical ruptures, is a particularly fruitful area for exploring transformation processes from a narratological point of view.

• Item Type: Book Section
• Faculties: Languages and Literatures > Department 1 > Nordic Studies
• Subjects: 400 Language > 490 Other languages; 900 History and geography > 900 Geschichte
• ISBN: 978-3-7370-1700-8
• Place of Publication: Göttingen
• Language: English
• DFG: Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - 413881800