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This paper examines the influence of Heiner Müller on Yoko Tawada’s work.
Tawada submitted her master’s thesis „Eine Lesereise (mit) der Hamletmaschine“
on Müller’s „Hamletmaschine“ (1977) to the University of Hamburg
in 1991. Müller’s „Hamletmaschine“ was interpreted until now as a gesture of
despair that emerged from the East German government’s justice and the ideals
of challenging the socialist state in postwar Germany. However, Tawada’s
dissertation is entirely different in nature from those that measure their political
influence in literature. Instead, Tawada demonstrates how „Hamletmaschine,“
as a post-modern literary text, bypasses historical value judgments
based on its textual structure. At that time, Tawada pays particular attention
to the problem of words and images in „Hamletmaschine“. Also, as an antithesis
to this word, attention is directed to the problem of the non-visible
(Nicht-Sehen), which reverts to the image instilling physicality. Further, the
problem of reversion to this image appears to be an element that Tawada was
greatly influenced by in her subsequent creations. This paper analyzes this
effect from three corresponding keywords: machine, myth, and gender.
