Remembering Berlin in narrative interviews from the corpus ‘Emigrantendeutsch in Israel’ / ‘Emigrant German in Israel’. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that topology can serve as a crucial organizing principle in memory and memory processing. The study builds on findings from various research perspectives that, in recent decades, have increasingly emphasized the importance of the topographical dimension. Alongside narrative analysis, which has developed Bachtin’s (2008) concept of chronotope from a linguistic viewpoint (cf. Perrino 2015; Blommaert/De Fina 2017; De Fina/Perrino 2020; Häußinger et al. 2023; Leonardi et al. 2023b), insights from history (Ethington 2007), philosophy (Ricœur 1985; Casey 1996), and human geography (Tuan 1991; Massey 1995) have also been integrated. The analysis is grounded in a close reading of a case study: a narrative interview from the so-called Israel corpus (see below, § 2) is examined to explore the interplay between places and memory, as well as their linguistic coding within memory work. By investigating the narrative memory work performed by the interviewee, the article highlights the role of ‘places’ in this process. In particular, it addresses the following research questions: • What role do Berlin places play within the narrative process? • What attitudes towards the narrated Berlin places emerge? • Can specific Berlin places be linked to particular temporal constellations? • How do places contribute to the negotiation of narrative identity?
Erinnerungen an Berlin in narrativen Interviews aus dem Korpus „Emigrantendeutsch in Israel“
Simona Leonardi
2025-01-01
Abstract
Remembering Berlin in narrative interviews from the corpus ‘Emigrantendeutsch in Israel’ / ‘Emigrant German in Israel’. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that topology can serve as a crucial organizing principle in memory and memory processing. The study builds on findings from various research perspectives that, in recent decades, have increasingly emphasized the importance of the topographical dimension. Alongside narrative analysis, which has developed Bachtin’s (2008) concept of chronotope from a linguistic viewpoint (cf. Perrino 2015; Blommaert/De Fina 2017; De Fina/Perrino 2020; Häußinger et al. 2023; Leonardi et al. 2023b), insights from history (Ethington 2007), philosophy (Ricœur 1985; Casey 1996), and human geography (Tuan 1991; Massey 1995) have also been integrated. The analysis is grounded in a close reading of a case study: a narrative interview from the so-called Israel corpus (see below, § 2) is examined to explore the interplay between places and memory, as well as their linguistic coding within memory work. By investigating the narrative memory work performed by the interviewee, the article highlights the role of ‘places’ in this process. In particular, it addresses the following research questions: • What role do Berlin places play within the narrative process? • What attitudes towards the narrated Berlin places emerge? • Can specific Berlin places be linked to particular temporal constellations? • How do places contribute to the negotiation of narrative identity?
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