Beziehungen zwischen Literatur und Film am Beispiel des Schaffens von Kathrin Röggla

In the article I attempt to analyze Kathrin Röggla’s “cinematic style” using a theory which assumes the simulation of media-related forms in literature (e.g. Philipp Löser’s works). Her literary style is characterized by features such as film metaphor (e.g. the “dual perception” phenomenon), editing seemingly unconnected scenes, citations from TV and interview recordings, and narration inspired by film techniques such as time-lapse and slow motion. The author seems to be fascinated by Japanese anime and Harun Farocki’s film essays. David Lynch’s and Tom Tykwer’s masterpieces function as metaphors for today’s entangled reality in her work. In “tokio, rückwärtstagebuch” she depicts the culture clash phenomenon similarly to Sofia Coppola in Lost in Translation. Both Kathrin Röggla and Susan Sontag criticize the voyeuristic personality of modern man and the influence of our media-dominated culture on the means of artistic expression.