Multi-Narratives – LWU Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht | neue Folge 2/2022 – Liz Bahs, Corinne Bancroft, André Schwarck (Ed.) – ISBN 9783826084317 / 978-3-8260-8431-7 / 978-3-8260-8431-7 [Digital]

Multi-narratives are artifacts that juxtapose single narratives. This arrangement creates a productive tension within the artifact that is larger than the sum of its parts. Reading multi-narratives is a twofold process: first, distinct local narratives within a work often create disruption and incongruity. Second and at the same time, this heterogeneity invites a ‚bringing together‘ or ‚making sense of‘ the relationship among the constituent narratives. In several close-readings, this volume explores key aspects of such multi-narrative interplay in works by Kate Atkinson, Julian Barnes, Louise Erdrich, Jackie Kay, Richard McGuire, Cynthia Ozick and Lionel Shriver.