Women about women – the challenges of living abroad in German-language intercultural literature 3302-KoK-WZNO-OG

The lecture addresses the following topics:
– Definitions of interculturalism and transculturalism and intercultural literature
– Migration to Europe and its social, political, and cultural consequences
– Profiles of authors with a migration background writing in German
– Narratives about immigration and its consequences from the perspective of newcomers, especially women
– Narratives about indigenous people and their attitudes towards migrants
– The concept of home in intercultural women’s literature
– Homeland of Choice
– Issues of Integration, Assimilation, and Participation
– Social Challenges
– Problems Between Successive Generations from a Women’s Perspective
– Different Models of Parenting and Life
– Overcoming Stereotypes

Course coordinators

Anna Warakomska

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Remote learning

Bibliography

Welsch, Wolfgang: Stając się sobą, w: Anna Zeidler-Janiszewska (Hg.): Problemy ponowoczesnej pluralizacji kultury. Humaniora: Poznań 1998, s. 11–34.
- Deniz Göktürk, Kennzeichen: weiblich/türkisch/deutsch – Beruf: Sozialarbeiterin/ Schriftstellerin/ Schauspielerin, w: Hiltrud Gnüg/ Renate Möhrmann (Hg.), Frauen-Literatur-Geschichte: schreibende Frauen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, Stuttgart 1999, s. 516–532.
- Klaus J. Bade, Europa in Bewegung. Migration vom späten 18. Jahrhundert, München 2002.
- Carmine Gino Chiellino (Hg.): Interkulturelle Literatur in der Bundesrepublik. Ein Handbuch, Stuttgart 2007.
- Piotr Buras, Muzułmanie i inni Niemcy. Republika berlińska wymyśla się na nowo, Warszawa 2011.
- Alice Bota, Khuê Pham, Özlem Topçu, Wir neuen Deutschen: Wer wir sind, was wir wollen, Rowohlt 2012.
- Michael Hofmann/ Iulia-Karin Patrut, Einführung in die interkulturelle Literatur, WBG 2015.
- Piotr Madajczyk, Między fundamentalizmem a asymilacją. Muzułmanie w Niemczech, Warszawa 2015.
- Eliza Szymańska, Nowi Niemcy” (?) – refleksje o byciu migrantem w twórczości autorek o polskich korzeniach, w: Transfer. Reception studies, 2019, tom 4, s. 109 –121.
- Anna Warakomska, Turcy w Niemczech. Historia Literatura Kultura, Warszawa 2020.

Notes

Term 2026Z:

Online classes. The following will be assessed: preparation for the class, engagement, and knowledge gained. Assessment will be based on an oral assessment at the end of the class, with a short presentation also possible.

Additional information

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