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Journals / Alman Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi / 2014 / Cilt: 1 - Sayı: 31

Es ist der Schmerz, der uns verbindet“. Annäherung durch Verlust in September. Fata Morgana von Thomas Lehr

Riham TAHOUN

Pages
59–73
DOI
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Abstract

“ It is the pain that brings us together”. Approach through loss in September. Fata Morgana by Thomas Lehr This paper analyses the German novel "September Fata Morgana” by Thomas Lehr. It aims to compare the forms of pain and loss in a german family in the USA and an iraqi family during the 9/11 and the war in Iraq. It examines further the common consequences of loosing close family members with no political interests and how this loss can seed a new era of understanding and enabling the dialogue between opposing cultures. And this dialogue leads to re-evaluate the Theory „Clash of Civilisations“ by Samuel P. Huntington.

Keywords: Anahtar Kelimeler 11. September, Iraq war, clash of civilisations, the West and Islam, identity, Thomas Lehr, September Fata Morgana, pain and loss.

Es ist der Schmerz, der uns verbindet“. Annäherung durch Verlust in September. Fata Morgana von Thomas Lehr — AJIndex