Zeiterleben und Zeitgeschehen. Wahrnehmungen und Reflektionen im literarischen Schreiben

School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Department Of German; CASiLaC

The authors and translators Anna Rottensteiner and Stefano Zangrando in dialogue with Barbara Siller (Department of German)

• 24 April, 10-12pm (ORB 1.24) und 14-16 pm (CACSSS Seminar Room); Book launch and readings: 25th April, 10 am (CACSSS Seminar Room)
• Monday, 24th: 10-12 (ORB 1.24); 14-16 (CACSSS Seminar room) Tuesday, 25th: 10-12 (CACSSS Seminar room)

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Writers are constantly engaged with time, whether it is the time duality between discourse-time and story-time, or the time experienced. What does it mean to write about the present, where we are now, and which narrative means do we use when writing about the past? What role do these time categories play in the writing process, and is the clear order of past, present, and future still relevant? How does the narration process change and unfold time stages, as well as our perception of them? How does space relate to time, which Mikhail Bakhtin referred to as the fourth dimension of space and as the primary category of the chronotopos? Anna Rottensteiner and Stefano Zangrando will discuss these issues in the context of their own writings as well as translations: For example, how important are aesthetic strategies in self-translation when one considers what happened in the text and what happens in the translation? What will and could happen in and with the text that is currently being brought to life? What role do the various languages play? What opportunities do they provide? The Lectures will take place in German, the readings will be in German, Italian, French and English.