TY - JOUR AU - Palej, Agnieszka PY - 2019/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Search for Roots: German-Polish Migrant Literature and the Dilemmas of Identity in the Works of Sabrina Janesch, Alexandra Tobor, and Matthias Nawrat JF - Transfer. Reception Studies JA - trs VL - 4 IS - 0 SE - NEW GENERATION OF POLISH-GERMAN AUTHORS DO - 10.16926/trs.2019.04.05 UR - http://www.transfer.whum.ujd.edu.pl/index.php/trs/article/view/59 SP - 95-108 AB - <p>The literary texts of young German-speaking writers of Polish origin are examined in detail. The aim of the analysis is to answer the questions of how the selected authors treat the search for identity in the selected literary works., the role of the influence of ’old‘ and ’new‘ culture on the identity formation of migrants and the resulting consequences. The subject of the investigation are the novels <em>Katzenberge</em> (2010) by Sabrina Janesch; <em>Sitzen vier Polen im Auto: Teutonische Abenteuer</em> (2012) by Alexandra Tobor; and <em>Die vielen Tode unseres Opas Jurek</em> von Matthias Nawrat (2015).</p> ER -