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Textpraxis # 4 (1.2012)

Editorial
Imprint

This issue continues to emphasize the principle of dialogue in Textpraxis and thus publishes a response article by Johanne Mohs regarding Beatrice Nickels investigation about poetry objects in urban areas. In the article sections, Stefan Tetzlaff is concerned with the function of chance in Daniel Kehlmann’s prose, Erik Schilling located the novel Die letzte Welt by Christoph Ransmayr in the debate about historical and postmodern narratives and Jürgen Gunia reflects the concept of competence in the humanities.

Literature and Society

Stefan

Tetzlaff

Messen gegen die Angst und Berechnung des Zufalls.

Grundgedanken der Poetik Daniel Kehlmanns

The motif ›coincidence‹ shall be emphasized as central technique in Daniel Kehlmann’s prose and be described in its function to prove the boundaries of realistic narration and to approach a concept of ›magic realism‹.

Theories of Literary Study

Erik

Schilling

Der zweite Tod des Autors?

Metamorphosen der Postmoderne in Christoph Ransmayrs »Die letzte Welt«

In his article on Christoph Ransmayr’s Die letzte Welt, Erik Schilling deals with the possibilities of the historical novel for postmodern writing. On the basis of Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia, the author investigates the transition from the center to the periphery and points out the self-reflexive structures of the novel by analyzing space and time.

Literary Studies and Praxis

Jürgen

Gunia

Kompetenz

Versuch einer genealogischen Ideologiekritik

In his article Jürgen Gunia looks at the term competence, which currently becomes more and more important not only in the humanities. Thereby it is less about an argument against competence than rather about a critical reflection of the rhetoric of competence, which operates with terms borrowed from military language. Gunia therefore argues for a de-dramatization of the emphatic term of competence.

Editorial

In this fourth issue of Textpraxis the interactive potential, which is targeted programmatically by this Textpraxis and is thus distinguishing it from other journals, is continued. In her response article, Johanne Mohs takes critical reference to Beatrice Nickel’s contribution about intermediality in urban areas from the previous edition. We are therefore confident that our concept of dialogical science is received positively and we hope that also the current contributions of Jürgen Gunia, Erik Schilling und Stefan Tetzlaff encourage or continue critical debates.
A new feature of Textpraxis regards our online presence: Since November 2011, Textpraxis now also has an account on Facebook, via which not only current information is available, but also the concept of dialogism is continued. Furthermore, you will now find Textpraxis in the international Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), where individual contributions can be searched for. The Open-Access strategy of Textpraxis has proven promising also in other areas: We are thankful that both the Fachbereich 09 of the University of Münster and the Institute for Germanics currently support us financially.
Textpraxis goes back to an initiative of doctoral students of the Graduate School Practice of Literature. Two founding members are now in their final stages of their PhDs and are therefore no longer actively involved in the editorial work: We thus thankfully say goodbye to Christina Riesenweber and Till Huber, whose creative ideas and enthusiasm have made this journal possible in the first place. We also would like to mention the three reviewers of this issue, who worked according to the cooperation principle of Textpraxis and thus benefited the contributions substantially by giving productive comments. Therefore, we thank Anne Hillenbach, Sigrid Köhler und Leonhard Herrmann.
Your Textpraxis editorial team

Impressum

Textpraxis # 4 (1.2012) has been published on May 1 2012.

Editorial Team:
Nina Gawe
Gesche Gerdes
Japhet Johnstone
Innokentij Kreknin
Christoph Pflaumbaum
Matthias Schaffrick
Kerstin Wilhelms

Reviewers:
Dr. Leonhard Herrmann, Universität Leipzig
Dr. Anne Hillenbach, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br.
Dr. Sigrid Köhler, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Cover image: Björn Muschall

ISSN 2191-8236