The author, yasemin yildiz, identifies monolingualism as a key structuring principle that organizes the entire range of modern social life, from the construction of individuals and their proper subjectivities to the formation. Click download or read online button to get tongue and mother tongue book now. Beyond the mother tongue demonstrates the impact of this monolingual paradigm on literature and culture but also charts incipient moves beyond it. Multilingual practices and the monolingual paradigm 1 1. Yasemin yildiz s beyond the mother tongue is a finelycrafted exploration of a group of 20thcentury german writers which excitingly recasts how these authors are defined or define themselves in terms of german as a language, revealing how the powerfully affective notion of the mother tongue functions for writers as different as kafka and. The department of germanic languages is part of the humanities division within ucla college. The introduction provides the historical and conceptual backdrop to the argument that monolingualism is a more recent phenomenon than multilingualism and. Yasemin yildiz this book is a study of the workings of a monolingual paradigm and of multilingual attempts to overcome it. The postmonolingual condition paperback quantity add to cart sku. Literaturesr bhonorable mention for the 2014 laura shannon prize in contemporary european studiesrbeyond the mother tongue examines distinct forms of multilingualism, such as writing in one socially unsanctioned mother tongue about another language franz kafka. N2 monolingualismthe idea that having just one language is the norm is only a recent invention, dating to lateeighteenthcentury europe.
Focused on canonical and minority writers working in german in the twentieth century, beyond the mother tongue is a study of the tense coexistence of proliferating multilingual practices, on the one hand, and a still dominant monolingual framework tied to the nationstate, on the other. Yasemin yildizs beyond the mother tongue offers a usefully provocative take on a growing movement in language studies away from a monolingual framework for. Yasemin yildiz is assistant professor of german at the university of illinois. Beyond the mother tongue examines distinct forms of multilingualism, such as writing in one socially unsanctioned mother tongue about another language franz kafka. Yasemin yildiz, beyond the mother tongue macquarie university. The introduction provides the historical and conceptual backdrop to the argument that monolingualism is a more recent phenomenon than multilingualism and elaborates on the notion of the postmonolingual condition. Matthew hart columbia university yasemin yildiz has written an award winning monograph that deconstructs the conceptual frameworks of multilingualism and monolingualism that canonical. Beyond the mother tongue proposes to treat monolingualism not as a simple quantitative term. Tongue and mother tongue download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Beyond the mother tongue the postmonoligual condition authors. It argues that monolingualismthe idea that having just one language is the normis a. Beyond the mother tongue multilingual practices and.
Join facebook to connect with yasemin yildiz and others you may know. As a result of this view, writing in anything but ones mother tongue has come to be seen as an aberration. The postmonolingual condition, which argues that todays multilingual practices in literature, arts, and everyday life cannot be understood without the recognition of the continued impact of monolingualism, a modern paradigm that only emerged around 1800. Yasemin yildiz has written an award winning monograph that deconstructs the conceptual frameworks of multilingualism and monolingualism that canonical and minority writers have been limited to. This book is a study of the workings of a monolingual paradigm and of multilingual attempts to overcome it.
Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. In the first chapter, yildiz reassesses franz kafkas writings and contends. Fordham university press, 2012 won the mlas scaglione prize in germanic languages and literatures in 2012 and received honorable mention for the laura shannon prize for contemporary european studies in 2014. Transit beyond the mother tongue is an ambitious and deeply fascinating book, written in a clear and accessible style. It charts the emergence of the monolingual paradigm in lateeighteenthcentury europe, with emphasis on the conceptual impact of the thought of herder. Focused on canonical and minority writers working in german in the twentieth century, beyond the mother tongue examines distinct forms of multilingualism, such as writing in one socially unsanctioned mother tongue about another language franz kafka. Her dissertation was the basis for her 2012 book beyond the mother tongue. Rethinking the idea of a historical monolingual bias, yildiz traces the formation of a. In beyond the mother tongue, yasemin yildiz uses the political and cultural implications of this piece of artwork as the starting point to produce a counterargument to the idea of globalization as the foundation of a new multicultural reality.
A translinguistic sculpture conceived by german artist karin sander and sponsored by the deutsche bank, the worlds biggest corporate art collector. Yasemin yildizs beyond the mother tongue is a finelycrafted exploration of a group of 20thcentury german writers which excitingly recasts how these authors are defined or define themselves in terms of german as a language, revealing how the powerfully affective notion of the mother tongue functions for writers as different as kafka and. It argues that monolingualismthe idea that having just one language is the normis a recent invention dating back only to lateeighteenthcentury europe, yet has become a dominant, if overlooked, structuring principle of modernity. The postmonolingual condition 2012, published by fordham university press, as well as essays on migration, gender and islam, multilingualism, and holocaust literature. Publisher synopsis a bold, ambitious, and timely evaluation of philosophical and literary imagination of language. Beyond the mother tongue examines distinct forms of multilingualism, such as writing in one socially unsanctioned mother tongue about another language. Beyond the mother tongue is one of the most concerted and lucid efforts to date to explore precisely that fault zone. Pdf the mother tongue download full pdf book download. C o m p a r at i v e l i t e r at u r e s t u d i e s beyond the mother tongue.