Abstract:

The literary strategies in Robert Menasse's novel Die Hauptstadt underscore the crisis of the EU in its attempts to provide a productive common transnational memory and collaboration with regard to social and environmental policies. It also points to a solution. The structure and rhetorical devices mold the narrative into a model for productive cooperation. A functioning European Union, the novel suggests, is contingent on returning to a prioritization of cultural multiplicity over economic individualism and postnational citizenry over national loyalties. This article analyzes Menasse's politicized aesthetic text along with select aestheticized political works in order to discern his vision for a supranational democratic union of engaged citizens. This collection of writings also demonstrates a form of engaged literature in the twenty-first century that has the potential for real social impact.

摘要：

罗伯特·梅纳斯（Robert Menasse）的小说《帝国大厦》（Die Hauptstadt）中的文学策略突显了欧盟的危机，即它试图在社会和环境政策方面提供富有成效的跨国共同记忆和合作。它还指出了解决方案。结构和修辞手段将叙事塑造为生产合作的模型。小说暗示，一个运转良好的欧洲联盟有赖于将文化多样性重于经济个人主义，而后国籍则重于国家忠诚。本文分析了Menasse的政治化审美文本以及精选的审美化政治作品，以辨别他对订婚公民的超国家民主联盟的愿景。