My Foot My Tutor
play by Handke
Also known as: “Das Mündel will Vormund sein”
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My Foot My Tutor is a play by Peter Handke, an avant-garde Austrian writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019. The play, also known by its German title Das Mündel will Vormund sein, was written in 1969. Handke's dramatic works often eschew conventional narratives and explore themes of language and societal imposition. His plays, like Offending the Audience and Kaspar, are known for their unconventional structures and their examination of how language and societal norms can constrain individuals.12
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