Identity construction in contemporary German literature – Stephan Wackwitz’s Ein unsichtbares Land and Andrea Paluch & Robert Habeck’s Der Schrei der Hyänen

dc.contributor.authorPrinsloo, Pieter W.
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeJaeger, Stephan (German and Slavic Studies) Heberger, Alexandra (German and Slavic Studies) Linda Dietrick (University of Winnipeg)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorJaeger, Stephan (German and Slavic Studies)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-18T21:31:19Z
dc.date.available2012-12-18T21:31:19Z
dc.date.issued2012-12-18
dc.degree.disciplineGerman and Slavic Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyzes how identity develops within narratively constructed worlds by examining different processes of identity formation in generational narratives Ein unsichtbares Land by Stephan Wackwitz (2003) and Der Schrei der Hyänen by Andrea Paluch and Robert Habeck (2004). The thesis employs a cultural memory perspective with a particular emphasis on the perception of the reader, with the aid of identity and Generationenroman theory. By gaining an understanding of the cultural memory, individual characters in the fictional or semi-fictional primary texts are able to distinguish between those who belong to a group, and those who do not. The frictions between group identities and the ability to distinguish between groups enables the individual to form new concepts of the self; the texts also show how difference can function as a source of negativity that isolates it from change and new identity formation.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/13703
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectGermanen_US
dc.subjectEuropeanen_US
dc.subjectAfricanen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.titleIdentity construction in contemporary German literature – Stephan Wackwitz’s Ein unsichtbares Land and Andrea Paluch & Robert Habeck’s Der Schrei der Hyänenen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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