Language as an Impossibility of Communication in Ingeborg Bachmann’s Work Cover Image

Језик као немогућност комуникације у делу Ингеборг Бахман
Language as an Impossibility of Communication in Ingeborg Bachmann’s Work

Author(s): Sunčica Šido
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Austrian Literature, German Literature
Published by: Центар за хуманистичке науке »Синтезис«
Keywords: language; domination; exclusion; subject; deconstruction; reality; Ingeborg Bachmann;

Summary/Abstract: The work of Ingeborg Bachmann, as well as numerous studies that observe it through the prism of gender theories, gave an important contribution to the representation of women’s identity and to the creation of theoretical frame for the construction of women’s political subject. By exploring the language in accordance with contemporary philosophical thoughts, Ingeborg Bachmann undermines the basis of absolutist, exclusion and domination - the basic principles of contemporary, men-determined world and society. Using a distinct approach Ingeborg Bachmann defines language, as a representation of the world, while having a specific focus on the position of a woman. The work of Ingeborg Bachmann underlines the neccessity of feminist reconstruction of history, finding previously hidden elements of women’s culture, at the same time takes part in developing alternative approaches to language, literature and culture at large.

  • Issue Year: VI/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 59-78
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian