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Questioning the Canon
Counter-Discourse and the Minority Perspective in Contemporary German Literature
Taschenbuch von Christine Meyer
Sprache: Englisch

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To what extent do minority writers feel represented by the literary canon of a nation and its body of "great works"? To what extent do they adhere to, or contest, the supposedly universal values conveyed through those texts and how do they situate their own works within the national tradition? Building on Edward W. Said¿s contrapuntal readings and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak¿s reflections on the voice of the subaltern, this monograph examines the ways in which Rafik Schami, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, and Feridun Zaimoglu have re-read, challenged, and adapted the German canon. Similar to other writers in postcolonial contexts, their work on the canon entails an inquiry into history and a negotiation of their relation to the texts and representations that define the "host" nation. Through close analyses of the works of these non-native German authors, the book investigates the intersection between politics, ethics, and aesthetics in their work, focusing on the appropriation and re-evaluation of cultural legacies in German-language literature. Opening up a rich critical dialogue with scholars of German Studies and Postcolonial Theory, Christine Meyer provides a fresh perspective on German-language minority literature since the reunification.

Watch our talk with the editor Christine Meyer here: [...]
To what extent do minority writers feel represented by the literary canon of a nation and its body of "great works"? To what extent do they adhere to, or contest, the supposedly universal values conveyed through those texts and how do they situate their own works within the national tradition? Building on Edward W. Said¿s contrapuntal readings and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak¿s reflections on the voice of the subaltern, this monograph examines the ways in which Rafik Schami, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, and Feridun Zaimoglu have re-read, challenged, and adapted the German canon. Similar to other writers in postcolonial contexts, their work on the canon entails an inquiry into history and a negotiation of their relation to the texts and representations that define the "host" nation. Through close analyses of the works of these non-native German authors, the book investigates the intersection between politics, ethics, and aesthetics in their work, focusing on the appropriation and re-evaluation of cultural legacies in German-language literature. Opening up a rich critical dialogue with scholars of German Studies and Postcolonial Theory, Christine Meyer provides a fresh perspective on German-language minority literature since the reunification.

Watch our talk with the editor Christine Meyer here: [...]
Über den Autor
Christine Meyer
, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: ISSN
Inhalt: XI
343 S.
ISBN-13: 9783111258430
ISBN-10: 3111258432
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Meyer, Christine
Hersteller: De Gruyter
de Gruyter, Walter, GmbH
ISSN
Maße: 230 x 155 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Christine Meyer
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,545 kg
Artikel-ID: 126684495
Über den Autor
Christine Meyer
, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: ISSN
Inhalt: XI
343 S.
ISBN-13: 9783111258430
ISBN-10: 3111258432
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Meyer, Christine
Hersteller: De Gruyter
de Gruyter, Walter, GmbH
ISSN
Maße: 230 x 155 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Christine Meyer
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,545 kg
Artikel-ID: 126684495
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