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Article: Staging Jorg Haider: protest and resignation in Elfriede Jelinek's 'Das Lebewohl' and other recent texts for the theater.
- Article from:
- The Modern Language Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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In memory of Francesca Gibson and Christine Flude
A reader comparing the introduction to Elfriede Jelinek's first publication, the novel wir sind lockvogel baby! of 1970, with some of the authorial inferences and statements found in and about her recent works for the stage, Macht nichts. Eine kleine Trilogie des Todes (1999) or Ein Sportstuck (1998), (1) might initially be tempted to conclude that Elfriede Jelinek's political vigour and critical voice had very much waned. For her first novel, Jelinek provided a 'gebrauchsanweisung' which encouraged the reader to take an active, interventionist part in her book and then to become empowered to effect protest outside ...