The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis
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Sonja Engel
Abstract
The invective constellation of the Gammler and the Spießerin the public debate of the 1960s in Western Germany serves us as an example to elaborate on a methodological approach to sociological-historical discourse analysis. It is informed by a Foucauldian notion of discourse and it is theoretically based on the sociology of knowledge. We propose to augment existing approaches by (1) emphasizing the analysis of narrations and narratives and thus including recent discussions from the field of narratology and (2) introducing the concept of the Social Figure. These modifications lead, as we argue, to a robust methodological framework for exploring the role of conflicts in processes of social transformation.
Abstract
The invective constellation of the Gammler and the Spießerin the public debate of the 1960s in Western Germany serves us as an example to elaborate on a methodological approach to sociological-historical discourse analysis. It is informed by a Foucauldian notion of discourse and it is theoretically based on the sociology of knowledge. We propose to augment existing approaches by (1) emphasizing the analysis of narrations and narratives and thus including recent discussions from the field of narratology and (2) introducing the concept of the Social Figure. These modifications lead, as we argue, to a robust methodological framework for exploring the role of conflicts in processes of social transformation.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
