
ACTA GERMANICA
The first part of this edition comprises three contributions with different perspectives on the African continent. Swiss writer Urs Widmer’s novel Im Kongo is the lens through which Hegel’s Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte is being viewed; Roland Schimmelpfennig’s play Peggy Picket sieht das Gesicht Gottes is read as diagnostic text highlighting the differences between Western and African worlds; and a comparative analysis of Grimms’ and African fairy tales finds different ideas concerning justice at work in the respective moral orders. The second and more general part of this edition presents a reading of Storm’s novella Der Schimmelreiter from the vantage point of development politics; a detailed analysis of texts by hitherto largely unknown writer Veza Canetti; and reflections on the theme of the quest for the good life as it features centrally in Brecht’s literary and theoretical writings. Further contributions deal with literary strategies for the disclosure of politically motivated crimes; with the relationship between different structures of narrative and metafictional narration; and with an investigation of language- and distribution policies pertaining to audiovisual media across the European continent. The third and last part of this edition reports on some teaching and research fields opening possibilities, guided by emancipator visions, for German Studies in post-colonial African contexts.
- Undertitel
- GERMAN STUDIES IN AFRICA- Jahrbuch des Germanistenverbandes im suedlichen Afrika- Journal of the Association for German Studies in Southern Africa- Band/Volume 40/2012
- Redaktör
- Carlotta von Maltzan
- ISBN
- 9783631628522
- Språk
- Engelska
- Vikt
- 260 gram
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2012-11-29
- Förlag
- Peter Lang AG
- Sidor
- 164
