POP WRITING AS COUNTER ARGUEMENT: SAMPLE OF ROLF DIETER BRINKMANN

Abstract

The pop-literature, that emerged with anti-war and spread to every country over time, has taken its place as a counter argument in the world of literature with the great influence of communication means. The people, who were tired after the war, needed innovations and this literature trend was supported especially by the young population of the country. The freedom was at the forefront in writings, writers and poets have created their work without any rule. This state of irregularity is most evident in poems. The pop literature items are very common in poems. It is important in terms of examining pop literature which includes the unqualified words, sometimes just a word, or words that evoke the period. Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, a representative of pop literature in German literature who was not deeply explored today, has kept pop songs in his poems and ensured the emergence of samples of this genre. For this reason, this study is aimed at introducing novelty for the analysis of pop literature texts. In the theoretical part of the study it was tried to be examine the concept of pop literature. The absence of much work in poetry examinations about pop writing and Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, especially in our country, and the currently of pop typography elements, creates the starting point of the work. In the application section three poems of this poet were tried to be investigated in terms of form and content. The items, which are found in these poems, have been explained by using the interpretation technique. The purpose of this study is how and in what way Rolf Dieter Brinkmann was proposed by a representative of pop literature. In addition, Brinkmann regards poetry as a product of pop literature. It is expected that the work in this way also will sheds light on the work to be done in the future.

Keywords

• counter argument
• pop literature
• german literature
• poetry
• rolf dieter brinkmann