Overcoming otherness. Considerations on intercultural aspects in Karin Gündisch’s novels

  • Immigration, cultural identity, integration, tolerance and the ability to adapt to a new environment are issues that often come up in today’s global society. The paper focuses on the way in which cultural otherness is perceived by children and teenagers. The article is based on the analysis of Karin Gündisch’s novels. The awarded author from a migrant background offers an insight into the above mentioned problems. Gündisch’s characters are mostly East-Europeans or South-East-Europeans who try to make a living in developed countries of the Western World. The author portrays entire families, children, parents and grandparents. Thus we can discuss the different stages of integration and the different attitudes towards it. How does the comfort of “home” influence identity? How can you rediscover yourself abroad? Does cultural diversity increase prejudice? What does the idea of a “Paradise abroad” involve? These are some of the aspects, the article is trying to explore.

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Author:Petra-Melitta Roșu
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-438260
URL:http://journals.cultcenter.net/index.php/culture/article/view/149
ISSN:1857-7725
Parent Title (German):Култура/Culture
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2017
Year of first Publication:2015
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2017/08/28
Tag:Paradise; childhood; cultural identity; integration; otherness
GND Keyword:Gündisch, Karin; Interkulturalität
Volume:10
First Page:53
Last Page:60
Note:
Copyright (c) 2015 Petra-Melitta Roșu. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
HeBIS-PPN:432470034
Dewey Decimal Classification:8 Literatur / 83 Deutsche und verwandte Literaturen / 830 Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur
Sammlungen:Germanistik / GiNDok
Licence (English):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0