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Rezension: JÖRG ROCHE and THOMAS SALUMETS (Eds.): Germanics Under Construction. Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Prospects

Gölz, Peter (2023)
Rezension: JÖRG ROCHE and THOMAS SALUMETS (Eds.): Germanics Under Construction. Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Prospects.
In: Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht : ZIF, 1997, 2 (1)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00011986
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Title: Rezension: JÖRG ROCHE and THOMAS SALUMETS (Eds.): Germanics Under Construction. Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Prospects
Language: English
Date: 24 May 2023
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 1997
Journal or Publication Title: Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht : ZIF
Volume of the journal: 2
Issue Number: 1
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00011986
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Origin: Secondary publication from TUjournals
Abstract:

To review an anthology is always problematic. Of course, the quality of contributions will differ widely and some of them will actually expand the field and others will only marginally contribute to it. In the case of Germanics under Construction: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Prospects, edited by Jörg Roche and Thomas Salumets (both from the University of British Columbia), this does not seem to be the case. Although there are differences in the quality and length of the contributions, all in all this anthology does fulfil its goal, namely to "explore the potential" of German Studies without being restricted to 'things German' but rather including "the study of a national culture in a 'foreign' country" (7). Continuing the discussion begun by the special issues of German Quarterly (1989), German Studies Review (1990), and the Monatshefte issue on New Historicism and German Studies (1992), this anthology traces the recent developments in German Studies and gives an overview of various approaches to the field. What makes this anthology particularly interesting is that it does not focus on one aspect of German Studies, i.e. literary/cultural theories or didactics, but rather allows the reader to form an informed opinion of the state of German Studies in the mid-1990s.

Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-119866
Classification DDC: 400 Language > 400 Language, linguistics
Divisions: 02 Department of History and Social Science > Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sprachwissenschaft - Mehrsprachigkeit
Date Deposited: 24 May 2023 17:03
Last Modified: 22 Jul 2024 08:13
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/11986
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