Das Sampling als Erzählverfahren und Sonderform der Intertextualität in Thomas Meineckes Roman ,,Selbst'' (2016)
Sampling as a narration method and as a special form of intertextuality in the novel ''Self'' by Thomas Meinecke (2016)

Summary/Abstract: The present paper examines the innovative narrative strategies and forms of intertextuality in the novel ''Selbst''(2016) by Suhrkamp pop author Thomas Meinecke. After briefly presenting the plot, the character interactions and narrative perspectives in the novel, it focuses on the literary technique described by previous research as sampling. Based on the close reading of a relevant passage in the novel the paper argues that the way Meinecke employs sampling is not only indebted to his belonging to the DJ-culture and the use of techniques like remixing and scratching but also induced by the need to provide theoretical foundation for the process of archiving contemporary discourses. Pointing at the way the main characters read and interpret the texts quoted in the novel and then use the results as a criterion for choosing what to read next, the article suggests an analogy between Meinecke ́s literary sampling and theoretical sampling as a method in qualitative research. Thus the originality of Meinecke's writing resides in his creating a new hybrid genre (termed here as theoretical sampling fiction) which activates the reader ́s critical capacities in order to compensate for the scarcity of the plot.

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