Beyond the mother tongue : the postmonolingual condition /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yıldız, Yasemin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Multilingualism and literature > Germany.
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Multilinguisme et littérature > Allemagne.
Littérature allemande > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Multilingualism and literature
Germany
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: beyond the mother tongue? Multilingual practices and the monolingual paradigm
  • The uncanny mother tongue: monolingualism and Jewishness in Franz Kafka
  • The foreign in the mother tongue: words of foreign derivation and utopia in Theodor W. Adorno
  • Detaching from the mother tongue: bilingualism and liberation in Yoko Tawada
  • Surviving the mother tongue: literal translation and trauma in Emine Sevgi Özdamar
  • Inventing a motherless tongue: mixed language and masculinity in Feridun Zaimolu
  • Conclusion: toward a multilingual paradigm? The disaggregated mother tongue.

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