E-mail novel

The e-mail novel is a specific form of the novel . It is a modified form of the letter novel .

Characteristics

This novel form, which fakes letters sent on paper or electronically, has two or more narrators. In the case of the e-mail novel, the reader takes the information from the written dialogue . This distinguishes the e-mail novel from the traditional type novel and connects it to the drama , in which this form of representation of actions is typical. The narrative perspective of the first-person narrative situation is characteristic . Events are thus changed or even distorted by personal opinions and impressions, which - in the context of fiction - makes the difference between objective and subjective truth particularly clear. All of these features appear in the epistolary novel.

Examples

• Yes, panic : Futur II. Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-95732-192-3 .
• Peter Sloterdijk : The Schelling Project. Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-518-42524-4 .
• Daniel Glattauer: Good against north wind . Deuticke, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-552-06129-3 .
• Daniel Glattauer: All seven waves . Deuticke, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-552-06093-7 .
• Anja Nititzki: Mailed. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-337-2 .
• Anja Nititzki: ED @ te. E-mail novel. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2015, ISBN 978-3-95462-505-5 .

literature

• Sabrina Kusche: The E-Mail Novel. On the medialization of storytelling in contemporary German and English-language literature. US-AB, Stockholm 2012. (PDF; 2.5 MB; GEB - Giessener Electronic Library). Zugl .: Diss., Univ. Stockholm 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Elias Kreuzmair: First World Premium - E-mail novel by Ja, Panik. November 4, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2017 .