In-Between Literatures: Contemporary writing and publishing in C. Europe & N. America during Covid

Описание: In-Between Literatures: Contemporary writing and publishing in Central Europe and North America in the age of Covid

Literature has a long history as a coping strategy for times of confinement: Both the practice of writing and the practice of reading can be experienced as traveling across time and space. The current increasing interconnectedness of lifeworlds might expand this dimension of literature and create more awareness of its value. Nevertheless, writers, translators and distributors are also heavily affected by the pandemic. The field of literature is globalized and heavily relies on transcultural exchange – and who can read what if all the libraries remain closed?

Austrian literary scholar Johanna Öttl, Canada-based Ukrainian author and translator Vasyl Lozynskyi and Austrian author Clemens Berger will discuss with 2019/20 Austrian Doctoral Research Fellow Xenia Kopf how the current pandemic has affected all aspects of contemporary literary production – writing, translating and publishing – in both Central Europe and North America. They'll focus on their work 'in-between literatures', the relation of 'minor' and 'major' literatures, programming and small-scale publishing structures, as well as funding opportunities and the digital transformation of the field.

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Co-sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Ottawa and the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta.