Nachbeben einer Zäsur in der interkulturellen Literatur und Kulturpraxis

The caesura 1989/90 marks the beginning of a new era in Europe, as understood in political, historical and social terms. Depending on the geopolitical perspective, it is associated with different processes and historical events and the emphasis is distributed varyingly. Significant actors in the discourse on the new order include those writers from Central and Eastern Europe whose texts can be categorised as intercultural literature. The contributors engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue, raising questions on how literature and cultural practice reflect on such important contemporary topics as migration and refugeeism, identity or differentiation, a sense of belonging constituted in the field of tension arising between nationality and transnationality, between East and West.