University of New Mexico
Das Schmunzeln im Spiegel (kolonialer) Erinnerung:parodierte nationale Selbstbilder in Christian Krachts Imperium und Daniel Kehlmanns Die Vermessung der Welt
Abstract
dc:description.abstractChristian Kracht in his 2012 novel Imperium und Daniel Kehlmann in his 2005 bestselling novel Measuring the World explore facets of German identity against the backdrop of aspects of German colonial history. In my thesis, I argue that with their satirical representations of the German Self in the encounter with the (colonial) Other, the authors reflect critically on the contemporary multicultural moment in Germany. My study maps interpretative approaches to these representations as a critique of German cultural specificity in contact with cultural diversity in both novels. For that purpose, I examine the critical functions of the narrative styles of parody and satire, as well as the functions of the tight nets of literary references to other western literatures employed in both novels. Ultimately, these functions are to talk about aspects of German history and identity in a critical but conciliatory light.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- German Studies
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Year
- 2013
Author and committee
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- Davis, Bettina
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Schroeter, Katrin
- Baackmann, Susanne
- Wilby, Jason
Subjects
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- Language dc:language
- German
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:fll_etds-1087