Transcultural Perspective on German Colonialism in Ferdinand May’s Sturm über Südwest-Afrika

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.030How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cultural broker, German colonialism, intermediate space, novel, transculturality

Abstract

Culture in classical concepts is perceived as static, homogeneous, and separate. It differs from the contemporary concepts of culture, such as transculturality, which sees culture as a heterogeneous entity that experiences a continuous process and is extremely interconnected with one another. This paper aims to examine the cultural encounter in the Sturm über Südwest-Afrika (1962) novel by Ferdinand May, which took place in the former German colony in Africa from the perspective of transculturality. This encounter cannot be separated from space and its cultural brokers. The method employed in analyzing this novel is close reading by focusing on the relationship between the cultures encountering and the characters’ role in the novel who act as a cultural broker in mediating these relationships. From the analysis, it is revealed that the colony can also be a reciprocal space for knowledge transfer. In addition, it appears that cultural brokers have a significant role in bridging differences. However, in this novel, the role of the settlers is more prominent than the natives.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dudy Syafruddin
AU  - Lilawati Kurnia
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - Transcultural Perspective on German Colonialism in Ferdinand May’s Sturm über Südwest-Afrika
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 197
EP  - 201
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.030
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.030
ID  - Syafruddin2020
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