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A gap in(to) the dictionary ... : the in-between lyric of Tawada Yoko ...
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Abstract:
The work of Japanese-German writer Yoko Tawada stands out as an example of ‘in-between’ writing. Instead of simply ‘translating’ Japanese into German and vice versa, Tawada blends both languages and cultures, often self reflexively. As a result, poetic in-between spaces emerge, in which creative work, cultural translation, and social criticism can take place. The texts also construct in between spaces on a formal level. For instance, the verse novels “Kasa no shitai to watashi no tsuma” (2006) and “Ein Balkonplatz für flüchtige Abende” (2016) feature both narrative progression and poetic devices (vivid imagery, association, and wordplay), defying categorization either as volumes of poetry or as novels. In addition, the in-between space of genres becomes visible in Tawada’s self-translations, which often amount to rewritings and lead to a change in genre – travel essay to novella, novel to drama, or poem to prose text. An example of this genre-transcending bilingualism as entryway to an in-between space are ...
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Hybride Genres; Lyrik; Prosa; Tawada, Yoko; Zweisprachigkeit
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URL: https://izfk.uni-trier.de/index.php/izfk/article/view/IZfK-Vol-2-A-Gap-into-the-Dictionary https://dx.doi.org/10.25353/ubtr-izfk-2d93-0b35
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Passio ss. XII Syrorum (BHL 1620, 1622, 6955)
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Anonymus. - : ALIM Archivio della Latinità Italiana del Medioevo, 2020
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Vita prima S. Bernardi episcopi Parmensis
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Vita s. Iuuenalis episcopi Narniensis (BHL 4614 recensio Narniensis)
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Sermo de vita beati Cassii Narniensis episcopi (BHL 1638-1639)
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Iudicis ad amicum iudicem epistola
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