LANGUAGE IS NOT HEIMAT ON THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN THE W ORKS OF HERTA MÜLLER
Journal Title: Δόξα / Докса. Збірник наукових праць з філософії та філології - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue
Abstract
When Heimat1 is lost and estranged, can language bring shelter? According to Herta Müller many German authors have claimed, “Sprache ist Heimat”2 (language is Heimat). Thus, they believe language can compensate for the loss of Heimat, for the loss of their homeland and even substitute the latter. The Romanian- German author Herta Müller, however, is critical of this claim. In her view, it assumes that everyone can be at home in language, independent of the political situation in which they live (Müller 2009: 23-24). But can language, which is rooted in lived experience, be an apolitical haven? In what follows, I will briefly introduce Herta Müller and outline the cultural background that has shaped her perspective. From this basis, I will offer an interpretation of her view on how language is politically entangled, with the aid of her essay Heimat ist das was gesprochen wird (Heimat Is What Is Spoken). The political dimension of language will be illustrated through examples from her literary works.
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Anna HEERMANN
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