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.§§An investigation into how narration shapes our understanding of the Baltic Sea region
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.
Cordelia Heß holds the chair of Nordic History at the University of Greifswald. She is the speaker of the Interdisciplinary Research Center Baltic Sea Region (IFZO) and vice-speaker of the Int. Research Training Group "Baltic Peripeties".
Eckhard Schumacher is professor of Modern German Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Greifswald. He is director of the Wolfgang Koeppen Archive and speaker of the Int. Research Training Group "Baltic Peripeties".
Eckhard Schumacher is professor of Modern German Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Greifswald. He is director of the Wolfgang Koeppen Archive and speaker of the Int. Research Training Group "Baltic Peripeties".
