Dubbing Almanya. (Multilingual) Musical Intertextuality and Literary Solidarity in Duygu Agal's "Yeni Yeserenler"

Building on Anna Kornbluh’s characterization of literary form as a key symbolic infrastructure for solidarity, this article studies the role of musical intertexts in literary expressions of solidarity. In analyzing Duygu Agal’s Yeni Yeserenler (The Newly Sprouted 2022), I focus on the formal stakes...

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Main Author: Duncan Gullick Lien
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Redaktion Undercurrents 2025-02-01
Series:Undercurrents
Online Access:http://www.open-journal-systems.de/index.php/undercurrents/article/view/177
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Summary:Building on Anna Kornbluh’s characterization of literary form as a key symbolic infrastructure for solidarity, this article studies the role of musical intertexts in literary expressions of solidarity. In analyzing Duygu Agal’s Yeni Yeserenler (The Newly Sprouted 2022), I focus on the formal stakes of musical lyrics as epigraphs and allusions to music in the text itself. I relate these features to the novel’s themes of racism and queer self-actualization. It is in this context that Agal proposes solidarity that transcends the (Turkish-)German context through musical references in the text.
ISSN:2513-1427