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This volume brings together essays that, individually and collectively, address the force of the literary text with regard to problematic identities. They work out of shared concerns with literary representations of this issue in different regions, nations and communities that often prove divided; they pursue questions related to textual identity, where the literary text itself is contested internally, or in its generic and historical relations. In sum, these studies actively test identity, as social or literary concept, discovering in difference the very condition of a useful, if paradoxical,

Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. --- Metamorphosis in literature. --- Identity in literature

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This volume brings together essays that, individually and collectively, address the force of the literary text with regard to problematic identities. They work out of shared concerns with literary representations of this issue in different regions, nations and communities that often prove divided; they pursue questions related to textual identity, where the literary text itself is contested internally, or in its generic and historical relations. In sum, these studies actively test identity, as social or literary concept, discovering in difference the very condition of a useful, if paradoxical, sense of personal or textual coherence. What happens to us when we move between different cultures or different societies, defined in geographical or historical terms? What happens to texts and textual practices in these same circumstances? What happens to us when we are obliged to adapt to a new social order? Homi Bhabha speaks of "cultural difference" as calling into play what he calls "cultural translation." What happens to identity, the narrative that fashions a continued sense of self, in this case? Difference, raised to alterity, demands that we accord functional and philosophical value not just to other aspects, but also to the aspect of the other. At the level of personal or textual agency, however, difference contests and threatens to subvert stable selfhood, composing a scene of conflict. Even so, it often proves to be instrumental in re-charging a sense of the cultural valence of the literary text - not least by virtue of its political implications. In this regard, the border - where difference materialises - has considerable presence in contributions to this volume, prompting appreciation of texts that work on or travel across such borders, however haphazardly and dangerously, but also those that compose "border textualities."

Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature --- Metamorphosis in literature --- Identité (philosophie) --- Métamorphose (littérature) --- Dans la littérature. --- Identité (philosophie) --- Métamorphose (littérature)

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Dutch literature --- Immigrants' writings, Dutch --- Emigration and immigration in literature. --- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. --- Flemish literature --- Identity in literature --- Dutch immigrants' writings --- Foreign authors --- History and criticism. --- Migrantenliteratur. --- Multikulturelle Gesellschaft. --- History and criticism --- Niederlande. --- Migration. Refugees --- anno 1900-1999 --- anno 2000-2099 --- Migratie. Vluchtelingen --- Nederlandse letterkunde --- Emigration and immigration in literature --- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature --- Foreign authors&delete&

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Litteraturen är en kritik. Den som skriver är inte nöjd med världen sådan den ser ut. På samma gång är litteraturen mer än en kritik. Den pekar mot det outsagda, bortom det redan definierade. Vad kan litteraturen göra i egenskap av kritik? Som plats för något nytt och annat? Vad kan den inte göra? Och hur kan läsaren ta ansvar för litteraturen som möjlighet?I dialog med tänkare som Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak och Emmanuel Levinas undersöker Elisabeth Hjorth läsning som en etisk praktik. Hon gör det genom prövande och dekonstruktiva läsningar av Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Annika Korpi, Daniel Sjölin och Sara Stridsberg. Förtvivlan är och bör enligt Hjorth vara utgångspunkten för denna etiska läsning. Förtvivlan förstådd som ett oförsonligt begär efter andra ordningar och världar. Att läsa blir då att jagas av ett ansvar, som av en ande eller ett spöke. Framtiden står på spel, eftersom läsaren förvaltar det etiska - det som vetter mot det kommande, det som återstår att förverkliga. Elisabeth Hjorth är författare och kritiker. Hennes senaste roman är "Vid himlens början" från 2013. Hon är verksam som lärare och forskare i litterär gestaltning på Konstfack. "Förtvivlade läsningar" är hennes doktorsavhandling i etik framlagd vid Uppsala universitet.

Analys och tolkning. --- Böcker och läsning --- Criticism. --- Essentialism (filosofi). --- Ethics in literature. --- Ethics in literature. --- Ethnicity in literature. --- Ethnicity in literature. --- Etik i litteraturen. --- Etnicitet i litteraturen. --- Feminist theory. --- Feministisk teori. --- Identitet (filosofi) i litteraturen. --- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. --- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. --- Intersectionality. --- Intersektionalitet. --- Kritik. --- Literary studies --- Litteratur --- Litteraturvetenskap --- Makt. --- Novels --- Postcolonialism --- Postkolonialism --- Power. --- Romaner --- Svensk litteratur. --- Svenska romaner. --- Swedish fiction. --- Swedish fiction. --- Swedish literature. --- Swedish literature. --- Etik och moral. --- Identity --- Ethics --- Genusaspekter. --- Identitet --- Etik --- Resistance --- Reading. --- Theory. --- Teori. --- Motstånd --- Läsning. --- Khemiri, Jonas Hassen, --- Korpi, Annika, --- Sjölin, Daniel, --- Stridsberg, Sara,