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<p>Using the example of Herta Müller‘s novels written after her emigration into the Federal Republic of Germany, the article shows how digital tools can be used to classify the fragmented space that unfolds in the writings of the Nobel Prize winner into a clear model structure. Quantitative research methods are combined with a database-driven GIS analysis toolkit to illustrate the weighting of the fictionalized locations given their gravity centers and polarities. The series of maps show both the density and spread of the action places, as well as the meanings which are attached to the literary space.</p>
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Using the example of Herta Müller‘s novels written after her emigration into the Federal Republic of Germany, the article shows how digital tools can be used to classify the fragmented space that unfolds in the writings of the Nobel Prize winner into a clear model structure. Quantitative research methods are combined with a database-driven GIS analysis toolkit to illustrate the weighting of the fictionalized locations given their gravity centers and polarities. The series of maps show both the density and spread of the action places, as well as the meanings which are attached to the literary space.

Herta Müllers fiktionalisierter Raum, mit Karten lesen – ein Beispiel aus der Praxis

Lekt. Dr., Transilvania-Universität Kronstadt

Germanistische Beiträge

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Using the example of Herta Müller‘s novels written after her emigration into the Federal Republic of Germany, the article shows how digital tools can be used...

Herta Müllers fiktionalisierter Raum, mit Karten lesen – ein Beispiel aus der Praxis

Publié en ligne: 22 avr. 2023

Pages: 50 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2022-0003

Mots clés
Herta Müller, literary cartography, digital humanities, geography of literature

© 2023 Claudia Spiridon Șerbu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Herta Müllers fiktionalisierter Raum, mit Karten lesen – ein Beispiel aus der Praxis

Publié en ligne: 22 avr. 2023

Pages: 50 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2022-0003

Mots clésHerta Müller, literary cartography, digital humanities, geography of literature

© 2023 Claudia Spiridon Șerbu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Herta Müller, literary cartography, digital humanities, geography of literature