Elfriede Jelineks Theater des (Post-)Politischen : Agonistik der Gegenwartsliteratur

Abstract

Since the turn of the millennium, there has been a boom in political literature however, the possibilities of political writing in the present must be renegotiated. The challenges of a post-political climate of lack of alternatives are met by Elfriede Jelinek’s theatrical work, which – as the field- and discourse-analytical investigation shows – strives to reclaim a democratic culture of the agon.