Abstract:Franz Innerhofer's first novel, Schöne Tage, is often held up as an archetype of the Austrian anti‐Heimat novel, whose critical revision of the provincial idyll is believed to have contributed to the linguistic and social emancipation of Austria's rural underclass. Employing a comparative narratological approach, which combines insights from literary and film studies, this article addresses the issue of narrative perspective in Innerhofer's novel. The view ‘von unten’, celebrated as a sign of rural literature'… Show more
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