Jelinek's Essays Framed by Translation and Collection

Sarah Neelsen (1)

1 CEREG - CEREG - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur l'Espace Germanophone - EA 4223

This contribution discusses Elfriede Jelinek's essays with particular regard to the academic scholarship dedicated to this part of her work to date. It has often been noted that, despite growing interest in essay translations, not much has yet been generated in terms of critical discussion and analysis of the essays themselves. This article revises this point of view by showing how translations and anthologies of the texts already contribute towards a definition of the genre. The article endeavours to provide an overview of research practices today and in the 1990s, in order to examine the current definition of the essay genre. It emphasizes the transitory nature of Jelinek's five hundred essays, which require specific attention to their materiality, their relationship with time and to similar genres.

Mots clés: Genres et mouvements; Essais en langue allemande; Autriche; Elfriede Jelinek; Recueil; Traduction

Domaines: Littératures

Sarah Neelsen. Jelinek's Essays Framed by Translation and Collection. Austrian Studies, 2014, Elfriede Jelinek in the Arena: Sport, Cultural Understanding and Translation to Page and Stage 22, ⟨10.5699/austrianstudies.22.2014.0139⟩. ⟨halshs-01406142⟩