The Pragmatics of Literary Testimony Authenticity Effects in German Social Autobiographies

Introduction 1. Autobiographical Style, Myth, and the Practice of Literary Testimony 2. Exemplarity Effects: Feridun Zamaiglu's Leyla as a Typical Turkish Tale 3. Mimesis Effects: Styling Testimonial Voices 4. Immediacy Effects: Deictic Shifts and Point of View in Verena Stefan's Shedding, Peter Handke's Hopeless Unhappiness, and Ruth Klüger's Still Alive 5. Narrativity Effects: How Bernward Vesper's The Trip Became an Exemplary Testimony to the German Autumn of 1977 6. Addressivity Effects: Facework and Deference in the Literary Testimonies of Chima Oji, ¿inasi Dikmen, and Feridun Zaimölu Epilogue: A Hunger for Experience