The Autoethnographic (De)Construction: How German writers of Turkish heritage manipulate the German language to reexamine ideas of national identity and -lingualism

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dc.contributor.advisorBrust, Imke
dc.contributor.advisorFernald, Theodore B.
dc.contributor.authorStarace, Emily
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-28T19:54:39Z
dc.date.available2013-02-28T19:54:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how the innovative, non-standard German language and usage presented by minority German authors with Turkish heritage stand as reactions to constructed ideals and myths that pervade modern Germany society. Using the medium of ‘autoethnographic texts,’ these authors work to dissolve the myths of nationhood, monolingualism and a ‘mother tongue’ in order to surmount the limitations they impose. Examining Feridun Zaimoğlu’s novel Kanak Sprak: 24 Misstöne Vom Rande Der Gesellschaft (1995) and Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s work Mutterzunge: Erzählungen (1990), this thesis challenges the precondition of a solely monolingual identity and analyzes these works and the unique languages they employ as commentaries on both the heritage Turkish and the host German culture.
dc.description.sponsorshipTri-College (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges). Department of Linguistics
dc.description.sponsorshipBi-College (Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges). Department of German and German Studies
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10066/10350
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
dc.subject.lcshGerman literature -- Turkish authors
dc.subject.lcshAuthors, Turkish -- Germany
dc.subject.lcshZaimoglu, Feridun, 1964- -- Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcshZaimoglu, Feridun, 1964- Kanak sprak
dc.subject.lcshÖzdamar, Emine Sevgi, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcshNational characteristics, German, in literature
dc.subject.lcshÖzdamar, Emine Sevgi, 1946- Mutterzunge
dc.titleThe Autoethnographic (De)Construction: How German writers of Turkish heritage manipulate the German language to reexamine ideas of national identity and -lingualism
dc.typeThesis
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