Standing Session

German / Our Ruling Classes: Class, Power, Conflict

Charles Hammond (University of Tennessee - Martin)
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The Austrian Studies session welcomes all papers related to Austrian literature, art, and culture, past and present. The field of Austrian Studies has continued to leave its mark on important humanistic discourses that range from literary to historical significance. We welcome proposals both related to the conference theme, "Our Ruling Classes: Culture, Power, Conflict," and those not related.

The Austrian Studies session welcomes all papers related to Austrian literature, art, and culture, past and present. The field of Austrian Studies has continued to leave its mark on important humanistic discourses that range from literary to historical significance. We welcome proposals both related to the conference theme, "Our Ruling Classes: Culture, Power, Conflict," and those not related.

Some topics of particular interest include but are not limited to:

* Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

* Reconsidering Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and its Discontents (Das Unbehagen in der Kultur)

* Job by Joseph Roth

* The works of Stefan Zweig

* Fritz Lang Revisited

* The Power Discourses of Robert Musil’s Young Toerless

* Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Andreas novel

* The Works of Elfriede Jelinek

* Cultural-Political Conflict in Franz Kafka’s “Amerika Novel” (Der Verschollene)