Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2013
Department 1
German
Abstract
Croatian-born Dragica Rajcic has received several awards for her poetry and short prose works. The author, who writes in German, permanently resides in Switzerland since fleeing war-torn Croatia in 1991. Rajcic's Heimat, she claims, is in language, not any place defined by geographical boundaries (Rajcic, 2009). Often praised for its sharp irony and cutting insight, Rajcic's language artfully deconstructs the reality it circumscribes. Defiant of the linguistic rules of grammar prescribed by High German, Rajcic's voice revels in its foreignness, in its ability to comment and critique precisely because it stands outside the realm of the familiar and expected. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Cohen-Pfister, Laurel. “Dragica Rajcic: Writing Women and War in the Margins.” Poetry and Voice: A Book of Essays. Eds. Stephanie Norgate and Ellie Piddington. (Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013), 137-47.
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Original version is available from the publisher: http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Poetry-and-Voice--A-Book-of-Essays1-4438-4109-9.htm