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Barbara Frischmuth's Sternwieser trilogy and the co-creation of new social models
Abstract
Barbara Frischmuth has said that the goal of her work is to encourage women to develop new social models in order to improve their lives and redistribute social power. Frischmuth uses many techniques to foster co-creation between author-narrator, characters, and reader. In Linguistic Criticism Roger Fowler describes the use of defamiliarization to shock the reader and cause them to think critically about their lives, language, and art. In the Sternwieser trilogy, Die Mystifikationen der Sophie Silber, Amy oder Die Metamorphose, and Kai und die Liebe zu den Modellen, Frischmuth inspires co-creation through defamiliarization. She uses a variety of narrative techniques, shifting points of view, the juxtaposing of settings, the development of unusual characters, and the inclusion of autobiographical material.
Subject Area
Germanic literature|Womens studies
Recommended Citation
Iman-Loch, Lynda M, "Barbara Frischmuth's Sternwieser trilogy and the co-creation of new social models" (1998). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9917839.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9917839