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Before Chamisso : the role of the Munich DAF writing competitions and anthologies in the promotion of a 'Deutsche Literatur Von Auben',1979-1987
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Wright, Chantal (2014) Before Chamisso : the role of the Munich DAF writing competitions and anthologies in the promotion of a 'Deutsche Literatur Von Auben',1979-1987. Oxford German Studies, 43 (1). pp. 20-36. doi:10.1179/0078719113Z.00000000046
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/0078719113Z.00000000046
Abstract
Between 1979 and 1986, the Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprache at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich was active in the promotion of exophonic writing — writing by non-native speakers of German — through the organization of writing competitions and the publication of anthologies with Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. The Institute’s efforts culminated in the inauguration of the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize in 1985 and ran parallel to the development of grassroots initiatives such as ‘PoLiKunst’. This paper traces the development of the Institute’s activities and argues that they were neither simply an imperialistic and depoliticizing appropriation of ‘Gastarbeiterliteratur’, nor were they entirely without self-interest, but rather that the Institute was as much reactive as proactive with regard to the goals of its own initiatives, their shape, and the manner in which they were received. The success of the Institute’s activities is assessed against their effects on grassroots publishing and promotional endeavours.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PT Germanic literature | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Literary prizes -- Universität München. Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, German literature -- Foreign authors | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Oxford German Studies | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Maney Publishing | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0078-7191 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | March 2014 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 43 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 20-36 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1179/0078719113Z.00000000046 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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