Gegen-Stimmen/Gegen-Blicke : Zeitgenössische literarische (De-)Konstruktionen deutsch-afrikanischer Identitäten

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates counter-voices, counter-gazes and(de-)constructions of German-African identities in contemporary German literature. Inextended application of postcolonial concepts it examines the way in which post-colonial viewsand counter-views on Germany and Africaare produced and how in the process alternativeidentities are created and negotiated. Analyzing poetry, short stories and novels by BlackGerman authors (May Ayim, Ika Hügel-Marshall, ManuEla Ritz and Olumide Popoola) as wellas by African literary voices writing in German (El Loko, Daniel Mepin, Philomène Atyameand Luc Degla), the thesis looks at and evaluates strategies of literary hybridization, responsesto and deconstructions of the colonial imaginary, transcultural positioning and world literaryperspectives.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University