Language Plays, Nonsense and Children’s Verse in the German Lyrical Work in Romania during the 70’s  Cover Image

Sprachspiel, Nonsense- Und Kinderverse in Der Rumäniendeutschen Lyrik Der Siebziger Jahre
Language Plays, Nonsense and Children’s Verse in the German Lyrical Work in Romania during the 70’s

Author(s): Delia Cotârlea
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: language play; infiltration of the official discourse; socially/politically engaged poetry

Summary/Abstract: The present article studies the language plays within the German poetry in Romania during the 1970s. The paper focuses on the language plays resulting from both intertextuality and hypertextuality as well as on the deconstruction of the poetic language by the use of language in rhyme, alliteration, homophony and homonymy. The study researches what significance language plays have for the German poetry of Romania during 1970s.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 163-172
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: German