The usage of African languages in three selected contemporary German novels set in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorJordaan, Doret
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-23T08:50:21Z
dc.date.available2020-01-23T08:50:21Z
dc.date.issued2010-01
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso, Volume 2, Issue 1, Jan 2010, p. 7 - 12en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper will focus on the use of indigenous African languages as well as the acquisition of language as a motif in selected contemporary German novels set in Africa. The aim of this paper is to show where the portrayal of indigenous languages fits into the quest for high sale figures as the German contemporary novel set in Africa aims to provide the greatest amount of entertainment to the largest number of readers (cf. Nusser 2000:13; Jordaan 2008:31). The word ‘contemporary’ refers to approximately the last ten years and ‘German’ to novels written in the German language, i.e. novels from Switzerland (for example) are also included. The nature, quantity and function of utterances from three selected contemporary German novels will be presented, in order to show how the use of African languages in these novels can create, perpetuate and resolve suspense in the plot.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSpruyt, M., 2010. Umberto Eco’s The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana: A conduit for culture, consciousness and cognition. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(1), pp.1-6.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-2815
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1960
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectAfrican languagesen_US
dc.subjectGerman novels set in Africaen_US
dc.subjectindigenous African languagesen_US
dc.subjectEin Land das Himmel heißt,en_US
dc.titleThe usage of African languages in three selected contemporary German novels set in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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