Chapter 4 Özdamar’s Keloglan in Alamania: The National Tradition Tested by Diversity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Endorsements v
3. Contents ix
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Abbreviations and Translation xv
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I. The Forms and Foci of Canon Critique
8. Chapter 1 Postcolonialism and the Canon 23
9. Chapter 2 Counter-Discursive Strategies: From Metatextuality to Rewriting 56
10. PART II. The Canon and Its Discontents: Palimpsestic Re- Inscriptions in Schami, Özdamar, and Zaimoglu
11. Chapter 3 Writing Back from the East: Schami’s Corrective Reading of European Classics 85
12. Chapter 4 Özdamar’s Keloglan in Alamania: The National Tradition Tested by Diversity 123
13. Chapter 5 Reading against the National Grain: Özdamar’s Commitment to Oppositional Literature 171
14. Chapter 6 Claiming Access to the German Canon: Zaimoglu’s Conquering Down-Top Approach 213
15. Conclusion 298
16. Bibliography 308
17. Index of Names 337
18. Index of Notions 342