dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Mariacher, Barbara | |
dc.contributor.author | Kriegel, Lina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-29T23:02:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-29T23:02:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/46441 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines aspects of the identity construction of the protagonist Martha Jadassohn in Gertrud Kolmar's novel “Die jüdische Mutter” (1965). It sheds light on her identity as a mother, Jew and woman, which is characterized in particular by 'Othering' experiences. It is concluded that Martha Jadassohn has a dependency identity that seems to break down when these dependencies dissolve. The resulting crises act as a catalyst for identity construction and help the character to discover new identities or reinterpret previous ones. The climax of this ambivalence of construction and deconstruction is the final self-deconstruction, which manifests itself in the act of suicide. However, this final act does not represent failure, but rather reflects an act of liberation from the determining consequences of a dependency identity. Thus, the novel is an indictment of the destructive social expectations of marginalized population groups (Jews, women and mothers). | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | DU | |
dc.subject | This thesis examines aspects of identity (de-)construction in Gertrud Kolmar's novel “Die jüdische Mutter” (1965). | |
dc.title | „Ich kann nichts für mich selbst"
Identitäts(de-)konstruktion in Gertrud Kolmars Die jüdische Mutter (1931) | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | identity construction; othering; alterity; German Jewish literature | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Interculturele communicatie | |
dc.thesis.id | 31115 | |