Per Bäckström (born 1959) is a Swedish literary scholar and affiliated professor in comparative literature at the

Linnaeus University Linnaeus University (LNU) ( sv, Linnéuniversitetet) is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with two campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar respectively. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 b ...

, Växjö, Sweden. He has worked as professor in comparative Literature,

Karlstad University Karlstad University ( Swedish ''Karlstads universitet'') is a state university in Karlstad, Sweden. It was originally established as the Karlstad campus of the University of Gothenburg in 1967, and this campus became an independent universit ...

2010–2019, and as associate professor at the Department of Culture and Literature,

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway ...

, Norway 1996–2010. He took part in the founding of European Network for Avant-garde and Modernism Studies (EAM) in 2007, and was the leader of the Membership Commission 2007–2011. He has published studies on Bruno K. Öijer, Henri Michaux,

Gunnar Ekelöf Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf (15 September 1907, in Stockholm – 16 March 1968, in Sigtuna) was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958. ...

Mikhail Bakhtin Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin ( ; rus, Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, , mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic and scholar who worked on literary theor ...

, intermediality, the grotesque,

concrete poetry Concrete poetry is an arrangement of linguistic elements in which the typographical effect is more important in conveying meaning than verbal significance. It is sometimes referred to as visual poetry, a term that has now developed a distinct me ...

performance A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretica ...

and neo-avant-garde. He has made a critical reading of Michel Riffaterre's ''Semiotics of Poetry'', where he introduces Riffaterre's theory, explains why it failed to make success, and criticizes it for its lack of consistency when it comes to

experimental poetry Experimental literature is a genre that is, according to Warren Motte in his essa"Experimental Writing, Experimental Reading" "difficult to define with any sort of precision." He says the "writing is often invoked in an "offhand manner" and the ...

. He has especially studied the use of the notions of “

modernism Modernism is both a philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, an ...

” and “

” in Romance speaking languages versus English, and the role of the peripheries in relation to the supposed centres of the avant-garde in the 20th Century.Per Bäckström and Benedikt Hjartarson. “Rethinking the Topography of the International Avant-Garde”, in ''Decentring the Avant-Garde''] (2014), Per Bäckström & Benedikt Hjartarson (eds.), Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, Avantgarde Critical Studies. He currently is working on the Swedish avant-gardist

Öyvind Fahlström Öyvind Axel Christian Fahlström (December 28, 1928 – November 9, 1976) was a Swedish multimedia artist. Biography Fahlström was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as the only child to Frithjof Fahlström and Karin Fahlström. In July 1939 he was se ...

and The Anti-Aesthetics of Rock.

Bibliography

* 2003 ''Aska, Tomhet & Eld. Outsiderproblematiken hos Bruno K. Öijer'' (Ash, Emptiness & Fire. The Outsider in Bruno K. Öijer), (Ph.D.-thesis) Lund: Ellerström. * 2003 ''Sense and Senses in Aesthetics'', Per Bäckström & Troels Degn Johansson (eds.), Gothenburg: NSU Press. * 2005 ''Enhet i mångfalden. Henri Michaux och det groteska'' (Unity in the Plenitude. Henri Michaux and the Grotesque), Lund: Ellerström. * 2007
Centre-Periphery. The Avant-Garde and the Other
', Per Bäckström (ed.), Nordlit. University of Tromsø, no. 21. * 2007
Le Grotesque dans l’œuvre d’Henri Michaux. Qui cache son fou, meurt sans voix
', Paris: L’Harmattan. * 2010 ''Vårt brokigas ochellericke! Om experimentell poesi'' (Our Gaudy Andornot!. On Experimental Poetry), Lund: Ellerström. * 2010 ''Samspill mellom kunstartene. Modernisme i nordisk lyrikk'' 4 (Interplay between the Arts. Modernism in Nordic Poetry), Hadle Oftedal Andersen, Per Bäckström & Unni Langås (eds.), Helsinki: University of Helsinki. * 2011 ''Norsk avantgarde'' (Norwegian Avant-Garde), Per Bäckström & Bodil Børset (eds.), Oslo: Novus. * 201
''Decentring the Avant-Garde''
Per Bäckström & Benedikt Hjartarson (eds.), Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, Avantgarde Critical Studies. * 2023 ''Allt kan bli aktiverat och skapande liv. Öyvind Fahlströms processuella estetik'', Malmö: Ellerströms förlag.

References

External links

Per Bäckström

Publications in the British Library

Publications in Library of Congress

Publications in the National Swedish Library database (LIBRIS)
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