The Subversion And Reconstruction Of Narrative: A Study Of Peter Handke’s Work

Peter Handke(1942-)is one of the most important writers in contemporary German-language literature,challenging literary conventions with a highly rebellious and groundbreaking style that has been called "the living classic of German literature.Language and form are two of the most important themes of Handke’s early works,which is characterized by a distinctive "anti-novel" approach.In the 1970 s,during the period of the new subjective literature,Handke’s literary worksare to some extent a"return" to the traditional mode of writing,with the early the extreme form of experimental literary style is modified to a certain extent,but in fact,it is a deepening of the "anti-novel" style,and he generated various "machines" of perception through writing.In fact,Handke is seeking a new form of writing-generative writing-by presenting a "cross-section" of narrative problems.Afterthe1980 s,the creative characteristic of "anti-novel" was pushed to the extreme.During this period,he used"images" as the center of his artistic narrative,and the "scattered culture" of his novels and the "marginalization" of his themes formed the focus of his later works.It can be said that the "anti-novel" is a theme that runs throughout Handke’s career.The first chapter deals with the "anti-novel" characteristics of Handke’s early works,which are mainly expressed in the "anti-narrative" and "anti-plot" writing styles.The extreme formal experiments of the early period are undoubtedly related to the radical social movements of the 1960 s.It prompted Handke to adopt an extremely pioneering creative stance and made him stand firmly in opposition to all literary stereotypes.This chapter analyzes the narrative structure and language in his long novel Die Hornissen and other short stories in the context of postmodern narrative theory,outlining the "fragmentation," "rupture," and "decentering" characteristics of Handke’s early works.The second chapter concentrates on Handke’s early works.The second chapter focuses on the "generative" character of Handke’s work.In the1970 s,the death of his mother and the cooling of the social climate seem to have brought Handke’s writing to a standstill.Handke began to express the "derailment" of the self and the world through his novels and narratives,and the crisis of survival and writing was the theme of this period.In the late 70 s,Handke’s style of writing has shown a great difference from his earlier period,in which he discovered a new reality in a kind of retrospection of his own history;in a new grasp of narrative,he repaired the split between self and the world.This chapter analyzes the unique "generative"characteristics of Handke’s literary works in the period of the new subjectivity,taking the novels "Die Angst des Tormannsbeim Elfmeter ","Wunschloses Unglück " and "Der kurze Brief zumlangen Abschied " as texts.It is the "generative" character that suggests to us that Handke’s mid-career style of writing,which seems to revert to tradition,is in fact a deeper "anti-novel",precisely because writing is made into a "machine The"generative" character of Handke’s mid-career writing style suggests that it is in fact a deeper "anti-novel," precisely because writing is made into a "machine" that distinguishes it from the closed nature of traditional writing.The third chapter analyzes the "anti-novel" characteristics in his works after the1980 s,a period when Handke’s works are commonly referred to as "prose novels," a name that represents the "openness" of his works.This title represents the "openness" of his work.He blurs the boundaries of genre,and his philosophical reflections are integrated into the narrative,forming a vivid "image of the world".The purpose of the narration is to rediscover and relate to the minorthings and marginal things that were once ignored and neglected.From jukeboxes to toilets,from "images of tiredness" to"images of successful days," his attention to images of a minor things has sharpened and enriched his perception.In this sense,his work conforms to what Deleuze calls the practice of "minority literature".Handke explores the boundaries of human consciousness with his extremely unique brushstrokes,and although the "anti-novel"character reaches its peak,he also regains "confidence in narrative.