Professor Jonathan Long j.j.long@durham.ac.uk
Professor
History, Narrative, and Photography in W. G. Sebald's Die Ausgewanderten
Long, Jonathan J.
Authors
Abstract
The function of photography in W. G. Sebald's Die Ausgewanderten goes beyond the merely illustrative. The photographs that are handed down to the narrator in the course of his researches are read in terms of postmemory and the affiliative gaze, both of which allow the narrator to suture himself into the biographies of the four emigrants. Photographs taken by the narrator, on the other hand, are read in terms of reflexive reference: images refer to other images within the text, constituting a pictorial metaphor of the overall textual thematics. In both cases, photographs enable the narrator to construct a sense of continuity and permanence in the face of historical trauma and loss.
Citation
Long, J. J. (2003). History, Narrative, and Photography in W. G. Sebald's Die Ausgewanderten. Modern Language Review, 98(1), 117-137
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Publication Date | 2003-01 |
Deposit Date | Apr 3, 2009 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 3, 2009 |
Journal | Modern Language Review |
Print ISSN | 0026-7937 |
Publisher | Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 98 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 117-137 |
Keywords | Photography, W. G. Sebald's Die Ausgewanderten, Postmemory, Affiliative gaze, Trauma. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1564379 |
Publisher URL | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mhra/mlr/2003/00000098/00000001/9801117 |
Files
Published Journal Article
(189 Kb)
PDF
You might also like
KriegsErklärung: Volker Braun’s Cold War Camera
(2024)
Book Chapter
Word as Image: The Verbal in the Photograph
(2024)
Book Chapter
Writing the History of the Photographic Book: Architecture in Weimar Germany
(2020)
Book Chapter
Rezeption in den englischsprachigen Ländern
(2018)
Book Chapter
Photography
(2017)
Book Chapter
Downloadable Citations
About Durham Research Online (DRO)
Administrator e-mail: dro.admin@durham.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search