RT Journal Article
T1 "Vor der Zunahme der Zeichen" : Approaching a postdigital diasporic poetics
A1 Llamas Ubieto, Miriam
AB ABSTRACT: The novel "Vor der Zunahme der Zeichen" (2016) by Senthuran Varatharajah is a conversation on Facebook of two characters, both of whom are heirs of the diaspora (from Sri Lanka and from Kosovo) in Germany. It experiments with various forms to break free from multiple limits and imposed cultural assignments and also presents diverse manifestations of the relationship between the current diasporic condition and the postdigital. Therefore, it serves as an intriguing exponent for the exploration of this relationship. First, the representation of the diasporic condition is reassessed once it has been modified by the impact of these new, postdigital practices. And second, the role of digital media and of postdigital practices is especially relevant to the aesthetic representation of the diaspora, reaching beyond a traditional notion of the diasporic condition. For this reason, the function of select postdigital characteristics will be explored as component elements of a new diasporic poetics.
PB Intellect
SN 2632-5853
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130626
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130626
LA eng
NO Llamas Ubieto, Miriam (2022), «"Vor der Zunahme der Zeichen" : Approaching a postdigital diasporic poetics», Journal of Global Diaspora & Media, 3:1, pp. 125–38, https://doi.org/10.1386/gdm_00028_1
NO FUNDING: This work was supported by MCI/AEI/FEDER, UE under the Grant Proyecto de Investigación REC-LIT. Reciclajes culturales: transliteraturas en la era postdigital; RTI2018-094607-B-I00.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 26 feb 2026