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).
- Cover
- BEYOND THE MOTHER TONGUE
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- 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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