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    Homosexualität und die Frage der Zugehorigkeit am Beispiel von Lutz van Dijks Verdammt starke Liebe
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04) Van Schalkwyk, Lorenzo; Von Maltzan, Carlotta; Altmayer, Claus; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This Master’s thesis investigates homosexuality and belonging (‚Zugehörigkeit’) in the novel Verdammt starke Liebe (1991) of West-Berlin born German author Lutz van Dijk. The novel portrays the charged relationship between these two concepts as a result of the oppressive politics exercised by the National Socialists during the Third Reich. With Altmayer’s concept of cultural studies regarding German as a foreign language, an attempt is made to not only render visible the categorial interpretive scheme known as homosexuality, but also to illuminate the injustices imposed upon homosexuals during the second world war. This thesis suggests that these injustices influenced homosexuals’ sense of belonging.