Wohnwort
The linguistic homelands of Elazar Benyoetz
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22242156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Libera Pisano (0000-0003-3259-8505, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Judaica Neue digitale Folge (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2673-4273 • E-ISSN: 2673-4273 |
| Publisher | University of Bern (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.36950/jndf.2022.15 |
| OpenAlex | W4303983177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
One aspect of Elazar Benyoëtz’s poetry is his bold attempt to treat the catastrophe of Auschwitz through a linguistic prism. In this essay, I would like to shed light on his way of inhabiting the German language as an outsider by considering the ethical implications of his bifurcated linguistic soul. To do so, I will first analyze the general representation of language that appears in Benyoëtz’s work. In particular, I will point to the dynamics of language and how its movement shapes a land and a language beyond all constraints of ownership, while providing an alternative way of inhabiting it. I will then examine possible interpretations of Benyoëtz’s bifurcated linguistic soul along with its ethical implications, including not only a coming to terms with the end of German-Jewish symbiosis, but also a utopian way of repairing it
Epistemology · Geometry · German · Linguistics · Poetry · Political science · Sociology · Soul · German legal, social, and political studies · Law · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |