Department of Modern Foreign Languages

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Browsing Department of Modern Foreign Languages by browse.metadata.advisor "Dobstadt, Michael"

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    Gegen-Stimmen/Gegen-Blicke : Zeitgenössische literarische (De-)Konstruktionen deutsch-afrikanischer Identitäten
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04) Schneider, Stefanie Maria; Dobstadt, Michael; Von Maltzan, Carlotta; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates counter-voices, counter-gazes and (de-)constructions of German-African identities in contemporary German literature. In extended application of postcolonial concepts it examines the way in which post-colonial views and counter-views on Germany and Africaare produced and how in the process alternative identities are created and negotiated. Analyzing poetry, short stories and novels by Black German authors (May Ayim, Ika Hügel-Marshall, ManuEla Ritz and Olumide Popoola) as well as by African literary voices writing in German (El Loko, Daniel Mepin, Philomène Atyame and Luc Degla), the thesis looks at and evaluates strategies of literary hybridization, responses to and deconstructions of the colonial imaginary, transcultural positioning and world literary perspectives.
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    Narrative (De-)Konstruktionen in aktuellen auf Afrika bezogenen Graphic Novels: Emilio Tasso (2014) und Der Traum von Olympia (2015)
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03) Rossouw, Ilze Louise; Von Maltzan, Carlotta; Dobstadt, Michael; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Emilio Tasso (2014) and Der Traum von Olympia (2015) are two German non-fiction graphic novels that are set in Africa. The former is a documentation of a journalist’s experiences in the Congo and the latter tells the true story of a Somalian runner’s dream to reach the Olympic Games in London. Due to a lack of research in comics and graphic novels in the field of German literature studies, this thesis aims to prove the added value of comics in the context of postcolonial and intercultural literature. The first part of this thesis contains three sections, in which respectively Africa as a discursive construct, the medium of comics and/or graphic novels, as well as narrative aspects of comics-analysis are explored. These sections form the theoretical basis on which the two above mentioned graphic novels are deconstructed (or analysed) in the second part of the thesis.
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    Zur Rolle von Metaphern im Unterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache auf A1 Niveau : eine Untersuchung am Beispiel des Lehrwerks Menschen
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04) Engelbrecht, Natasha; Von Maltzan, Carlotta; Dobstadt, Michael; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis aims to make a contribution to the field of teaching German as a foreign language. It investigates the role of metaphors in language and more specifically in foreign language learning. Firstly it advocates the inherent, although often invisible, presence of metaphors in all types of language by exploring the cognitive linguistic theories of Lakoff and Johnson, among others. Secondly it explores the necessity of integrating metaphor-awareness raising by looking at the current situation of German at South-African universities, as well as referring to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. In addition it is argued that by experiencing the metaphorical nature of language from the onset of language learning (A1-level), learners can develop and improve their linguistic-, literary- and cultural competencies, as well as developing the ability to independently reflect on language. To demonstrate how metaphor-awareness raising can be integrated into language teaching by using existing textbooks, two conceptual lessons are developed for adult learners at university level by using two sections from the textbook Menschen A1.