Zur Darstellung der weißen Frau als Hauptfigur in ausgewählten Unterhaltungsromanen der Gegenwart mit Afrikabezug

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorVon Maltan, C. H.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJordaan, Doreten_ZA
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages.
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-18T09:20:11Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:34:15Z
dc.date.available2009-02-18T09:20:11Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:34:15Z
dc.date.issued2009-03en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (MA (Modern Foreign Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe noticeable popularity of contemporary German novels set in Africa, as well as the many similarities between these novels, provided the cause for this investigation. Especially the large number of autobiographies, biographies, novels, television productions and films featuring a white female protagonist raised some questions regarding the cause of the popularity of this character. The aim of this thesis is to try and answer some of these questions based on a close analysis of two particular female characters in two contemporary German novels set in Africa. A short overview of the research done on popular fiction, colonial German literature and the history of the white woman in Africa in literature will be given. Theoretical points of departure involve a discussion of the aims and effects of popular fiction in general, as well as a look at how German colonial Fantasies, as found in colonial Literature, are being propagated by contemporary Literature set in Africa, specifically with regard to the representation of the white female Protagonist. Further theoretical background will be provided by a brief appraisal of Gender Studies and Postcolonial Studies. Furthermore, a considerable part of the research for this thesis involved the reading of several contemporary popular German novels. Ein Land, das Himmel heißt (2002) by Stefanie Gercke and Die weiße Jägerin (2005) by Rolf Ackermann were selected as prime examples for closer analysis. In this thesis the two female protagonists of the selected novels, Jill Court and Margarete Trappe, will be analysed in order to identify and interpret a pattern followed in the representation of the white female protagonist in Africa in general. A central aspect of the depiction of this protagonist is her ability to cross boundaries between stereotypical representations of both masculinity and femininity. Therefore, she is a versatile character, allowing a large number of readers to identify with her. However, her capacity to cross such boundaries is limited to a certain extent and she never oversteps the boundaries far enough in order to surpass her lover when it comes to strength, knowledge, and maturity. The conclusion of this study is that both the versatility and the limitations of this protagonist explain her immense popularity as a new literary stereotype.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1826
dc.language.isodede_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectContemporary fictionen_ZA
dc.subjectFemales in literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectPopular literature -- History and criticismen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- German literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectTheses -- German literatureen_ZA
dc.subject.nameGercke, Stefanie, -- 1941- -- Ein Land, das Himmel heißtde_ZA
dc.subject.nameAckermann, Rolf -- Die weiße Jägerinde_ZA
dc.subject.otherModern Foreign Languagesen_ZA
dc.titleZur Darstellung der weißen Frau als Hauptfigur in ausgewählten Unterhaltungsromanen der Gegenwart mit Afrikabezugde_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
jordaan_darstellung_2009.pdf
Size:
642.86 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
Collections
Masters Degrees (Modern Foreign Languages)