No. 11 (2023): Bauern als Schriftsteller (20./21. Jhdt)

The importance of the peasantry in Western society has declined sharply. Against this background, there has been a proliferation of first-hand accounts, and then fiction, about this social group. In the 1970s, a collection of writings, often by journalists but also by social scientists, met with considerable response. Towards the end of the decade, fiction took over. This literature, often scorned or at least ignored by Parisian literary critics, became a real success with the public. However, as in the 19th century, a distinction had to be made between the authors. Many of them came from rural families, but most of them lived in towns and very few of them worked in agriculture. This dossier is therefore devoted to this particular category of writer: the "peasant writer". Coordinated by Fabien Conord & Timo Obergöker.