PHILOLOGY. ASIAN STUDIES. JOURNALISM.
Issue 1, 2014
CONTENTS
| Section | LITERATURE | ||
| Codes UDC | 821.112.2.01:7-043.5 | Page | 52-59 |
| Title | GENDER, SOCIAL AND NATIONAL PERFORMATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE NOVEL �EFFI BRIEST� BY T. FONTANE | ||
| Author 1 | Eliseeva Alexandra V. | St. Petersburg State University 7/9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor e-mail: elisseeva_alexan@mail.ru |
|
| Summary | This article is about the construction of gender, social and national stereotypes in the characters� speech of Th. Fontane�s novel �Effi Briest�. It is shown how the heroes create the framework of �imagined communities� on the speech level. The ways of gender, nation and society consruction are considered in the light of Judith Butler�s performative gender concept and of Benedict Anderson� nationalism theory. The study reveals the generation mechanisms affinity between gender, nation and class constructs as exemplified by the concrete work of 19th-century German literature. | ||
| Keywords | German literature of the 19th century, characters� speech, gender, national problems, performatives. | ||