The Problem with Gemutlichkeit: (De)Constructing Artificial by Anna Catherine Souchuk

By Anna Catherine Souchuk

This dissertation explores the varied manifestations of position within the novels of
Josef Haslinger, Robert Menasse,and Elfriede Jelinek, 3 modern Austrian
authors. The learn specializes in the production of inauthentic Austrian areas and the
segmentation of society into the disparate fields of privilege and drawback priceless
for the development of facilities of tourism. This fragmentation of position posits an
inevitable fight among back and front areas, the result of that's usually
violence or loss of life. additionally, the production of tourist-places necessitates the gathering of
artifacts, moments, and personalities, that are culled from the previous and resurrected in
the current as inauthentic, albeit ecocnomic, place-identity.

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By Anna Catherine Souchuk

This dissertation explores the varied manifestations of position within the novels of
Josef Haslinger, Robert Menasse,and Elfriede Jelinek, 3 modern Austrian
authors. The learn specializes in the production of inauthentic Austrian areas and the
segmentation of society into the disparate fields of privilege and drawback priceless
for the development of facilities of tourism. This fragmentation of position posits an
inevitable fight among back and front areas, the result of that's usually
violence or loss of life. additionally, the production of tourist-places necessitates the gathering of
artifacts, moments, and personalities, that are culled from the previous and resurrected in
the current as inauthentic, albeit ecocnomic, place-identity.

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536537) Mimi, then, is wrapped up in a historical "inheritance" of her own. Her legacy, however, is not to resist National Socialism, but rather to conceal it as it literally lurks beneath the surface of everyday life. This is a heritage spanning back to her grandmother and perpetuated by Mimi's parents; their daughter will carry on the tradition. Most troubling in her decision to do so, however, is her faltering conviction that Uncle Lucas is perhaps not so innocent as she first believed: "Dass ich nicht hundertprozentig sicher bin, ob er [Lucas] wirklich unschuldig ist.

Indeed, the Staatsoper, site of the now-infamous Opernball, is located immediately above the subway station and so, in a space literally smaller than a city block, does Fritz Amon bear witness to the Viennese cultural dichotomy. " Taking into consideration his concern for Vienna's reputation as a tourist center, however, suggests that those located above ground, walking through Vienna's manicured gardens, visiting its opera houses, and reposing in its cafes, are somehow not the city's legitimate residents.

Sie hat ihren Bruder zur Flucht aus Litauen verholfen, sie hat ihn 32 Jahre lang versteckt. Auch meine Eltern haben davon gewusst und ihn gedeckt. Und da kann nicht ich daherkommen und sagen: Tut mir Leid, Oma, 51 aber ich habe beschlossen, die Sache von einem Gericht klaren zu lassen. (536537) Mimi, then, is wrapped up in a historical "inheritance" of her own. Her legacy, however, is not to resist National Socialism, but rather to conceal it as it literally lurks beneath the surface of everyday life.

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