Conference
Berlin-Alexanderplatz : livre-mégaphone
18 Jun 2022
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The "Berlin in debates" series of round tables is an opportunity to evoke the current situation of the German capital as it reflects on itself and its changing identity. Through the eyes of artists and the prism of projects promoted by Berlin cultural institutions, these group discussions seek to encourage exchanges concerning the current artistic scene in Berlin.
Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz, a monumental work of German literature dating from the period of the Weimar Republic, was a major bestseller when first published in 1929. It was immediately translated into several languages and adapted for radio and film. Evidently written in the wake of Joyce's Ulysses (1922) and John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer (1925), although the author disputed being inspired by them, Berlin Alexanderplatz contributes to the modernist renewal of the novel genre, while the process of "montage", alternately praised and criticised at the time, seems to facilitate a new exploration of the urban world. A prolific and passionate writer on philosophical questions, Döblin was no beginner in 1929 and the attraction of Berlin Alexanderplatz today may well surpass that of a great "city novel".
With, notably
Olivier Le Lay, translator
Alison Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Morel and Alexandre Seurat, researchers, specialists on Döblin's work
When
5pm - 6:30pm
Where
Berlin Alexanderplatz
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