A „tárgyilagos” érzelemkifejezés stratégiái Anna Waltraud Mitgutsch „Die Züchtigung” című regényében

Erika Kegyes

IN: Partitúra Irodalomtudományi folyóirat, Volume XVIII. , Issue 2, 2023, p. 3-18 , ISSN 1336-7307

DOI: 10.17846/PA.2023.18.2.3-18

Abstract:

The paper analyses the first novel by the well-known Austrian writer Anna Waltraud Mitgutsch, entitled Die Züchtigung. The analysis shows the strategies Mitgutsch uses to perpetuate the uniquely female experience in interpreting motherdaughter relationships and to challenge the assumption that this subject can only be addressed in a female voice. It is in the paradoxical situation of this dual objective that Mitgutsch attempts to create a language of ‚objective’ emotional expression. The linguistic solutions to this problem are praised in the study, which also highlights the basic problem of the novel: the forms and typical conflicts of mother-daughter relationships are passed down through the generations, as is the way of speaking about them.

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