The pragmatics of literary testimony : authenticity effects in German social autobiographies / Chantelle Warner.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-206) and index.

Autobiographical style, myth, and the practice of literary testimony -- Exemplarity effects: Feridun Zamaiglu's Leyla as a typical Turkish tale -- Mimesis effects: styling testimonial voices -- Immediacy effects: deictic shifts and point of view in Verena Stefan's shedding, Peter handke's hopeless unhappiness, and Ruth Kleger's still alive -- Narrativity effects: how Bernward Vesper's the Trip became an exemplary testimony to the German autumn of 1977 -- Addressivity effects: facework and deference in the literary testimonies of Chima Oji, Einasi Dikmen, and Feridun Zaimoelu.