Challenging the Myth of Monolingualism - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 904203856X ISBN 13 : 9789042038561

Editeur : Editions Rodopi B.V., 2014

Synopsis

Despite the fact that transnational movement and intercultural encounter are the signs of our present time, questions of belonging and legitimation of citizenship in most West-European countries still largely depend on monolingual norms and the problematic conflation of the idea of a national language with that of the mother tongue. This volume explores literary negotiations of and challenges to this powerful myth of monolingualism in various, mostly West-European cultural contexts. The focus of these explorations ranges from the ethics of mono- and multilingualism and the persistent ideology of nativity and the native speaker, to multilingual strategies and the trials and tribulations of translating multilingual texts. The volume also contains contributions by awarded literary writers, such as Yoko Tawada, Ramsey Nasr, Chika Unigwe and Fouad Laroui: texts that demonstrate the creative multiplicity of language and the disruptive potential of multilingualism in action.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Liesbeth Minnaard is Assistant Professor of Literary Studies at Leiden University.
Till Dembeck is Research Scientist of German Literature at the University of Luxembourg.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 904203856X
• ISBN 13: 9789042038561
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Éditeur: Minnaard Liesbeth, Dembeck Till
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible