Modernism and Metamorphosis: Karin Kiwus' Das Chinesische Examen
A Chinese examination requires one to record everything felt or recalled within a given time frame. It "tests" an entire life. Karin Kiwus' poetic tools for taking the exam are monumentality, the freezing of imagined history into the dimension of a statue—that then crumbles back into...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New Prairie Press
1997-01-01
|
| Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
| Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol21/iss1/6 |