Die literarische Verteidigung des kleinen Glücks am Beispiel der Autorin Adrienne Thomas

Adrienne Thomas and her literary work is connected to her biography and the social and historical background. As Lorraine and Jewish she experiences the two world wars, different political systems, exile and restauration. At this point this paper wants to continue. Besides actual subjects there might be marks of narrative innovation. In generell in the work of the author can be found traditional figures and classical structures, which causes the classification to the popular literature. But even the popular literature can’t withdraw from literary aesthetical innovations.The aim of this paper is, to find in a paradigmatical way in the work of Adrienne Thomas such kinds of innovativ traces in subjects and form. This poetical analysis drawn straight to the text, but it will connected to the biography and the social, historical, cultural and literary contexts, too. Important are also the special turning-points before, in or after exile.
To deal with modern subjects in an innovative way there are the imaginations of women, female experience and way of acting evident. The protagonist, the narrator, the structur, time, place and language are examined as formal aspects. The works of contemporary philosophers or man of letters like Georg Lucács or Michail Bachtin or Richard Bamberger are important to show actual discussions about modern writing
In the centre of all there is the so-called “little luck”, which is in the reception the evidence for popular literature. It is contrasted to actual contents and modern formular aspects. The work of Adrienne Thomas is attached to non-canon literature, so the reviews of her romances have to be seen in connection with a selective perception and different measures of rating. Important for the analysis is the comparison with other romances of similar contents and composition, too, to appreciate the innovative performance of the romances of Adrienne Thomas.
The discussion of popular literature is ended in the eigthies and it isn’t started again. The popular literatur is alway seen in connection with the reception. It is important to show once more the fragile border between the serious and the popular literature because of the so-called “norm”, which is produced by the literature system and contrasted to other kinds of literatures.