"Christian Kracht ist ein ganz schlauer Bursche". Eurotrash und der Paratext zwischen Irritation und Metafiktion
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
"Christian Kracht ist ein ganz schlauer Bursche". Eurotrash und der Paratext zwischen Irritation und Metafiktion / S. Apostolo. - In: STUDI GERMANICI. - ISSN 0039-2952. - Quaderni dell'AIG 4:(2022 Apr), pp. 223-236.
Abstract:
Christian Kracht’s paratexts constantly oscillate between originality
and smart market strategies. While his epitexts mostly have an irritating
effect, his peritexts often complete the semantic dimension of his texts
and become understandable only in connection to them. His new novel
Eurotrash puts the reader in front of a particularly complex paratext:
How should the title be understood? What is the meaning of the cover
image, of the dedication and the epigraphs? The back cover contains
a truly clever, half-true quotation of Handke’s (a brilliant PR strategy)
and a brief text of Kehlmann’s, whose name often recurs in the novel
and represents a bridge between the text and his paratext. Not least, a
brief note in the imprint claims the fictionality of the whole story. Not
only does it have the function to protect the author against possible
plaintiffs, but it also amplifies the strong (meta)fictional ambivalence
of the novel and the unreliability of the narrator.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Christian Kracht; Eurotrash; paratext; metafiction
Elenco autori:
S. Apostolo
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