Beyond the Mother Tongue : : The Postmonolingual Condition / / Yasemin Yildiz.
Beyond the Mother Tongue examines distinct forms of multilingualism, such as writing in one socially unsanctioned “mother tongue” about another language (Franz Kafka); mobilizing words of foreign derivation as part of a multilingual constellation within one language (Theodor W. Adorno); producing an...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Beyond the Mother Tongue? Multilingual Practices and the Monolingual Paradigm -- 1. The Uncanny Mother Tongue: Monolingualism and Jewishness in Franz Kafka -- 2. The Foreign in the Mother Tongue: Words of Foreign Derivation and Utopia in Theodor W. Adorno -- 3. Detaching from the Mother Tongue: Bilingualism and Liberation in Yoko Tawada -- 4. Surviving the Mother Tongue: Literal Translation and Trauma in Emine Sevgi Özdamar -- 5. Inventing a Motherless Tongue: Mixed Language and Masculinity in Feridun Zaimoğlu -- Conclusion: Toward a Multilingual Paradigm? The Disaggregated Mother Tongue -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Summary: | Beyond the Mother Tongue examines distinct forms of multilingualism, such as writing in one socially unsanctioned “mother tongue” about another language (Franz Kafka); mobilizing words of foreign derivation as part of a multilingual constellation within one language (Theodor W. Adorno); producing an oeuvre in two separate languages simultaneously (Yoko Tawada); and mixing different languages, codes, and registers within one text (Feridun Zaimoglu). |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780823255771 9783111189604 9783110707298 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Yasemin Yildiz. |