Identitätsfacetten und variationsreiche Sprechweisen im Drama „Mensch Meier“ von Franz Xaver Kroetz

The paper is a study of Franz Xaver Kroetz’s “Mensch Meier” dramatic scenes based on literary theory and sociolinguistics, combining the sociological approach and the methods of conversational analysis. It aims to show the ways in which the author represents social reality. To achieve this, it was established what features of language used in creating the fictional world were employed to characterize a member of the working class in his attempt to advance in society.