Die literarische Darstellung des Heimatgefühls in Stefanie Zweigs Nirgendwo in Afrika und Sahar Khalifas Das Erbe (al-Mirath).
Asaad, Hend;
Abstract
“Heimat” encompasses cultural and ideological connotations that are linked to concepts such as “belonging” and “identity” and to the emotional engagement with a particular space. The present paper analyses from a comparative perspective the representation of homeland in the novels Nirgendwo in Afrika (1995) by the German writer Stefanie Zweig and Das Erbe (1997) (Arabic: al-Mirath) by the Arab-Palestinian Writer Sahar Khalifa. Both writers present an image of homeland that is based on familiarity, belonging and community-building. In this context, the present article discusses two questions: How do emotions mould the narrative representation of homeland? And to what extent
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| Title | Die literarische Darstellung des Heimatgefühls in Stefanie Zweigs Nirgendwo in Afrika und Sahar Khalifas Das Erbe (al-Mirath). | Authors | Asaad, Hend | Keywords | Heimat, belonging, identity, fiction, Stefanie Zweig, Sahar Khalifa | Issue Date | Jan-2018 | Publisher | Universitätsverlag Winter Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany | Journal | Germanistische Mitteilungen | ISSN | 07713703 26984873 |
DOI | 10.33675/GM/2018/1/4 |
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