‚Interkulturalität‘ und ‚Interkulturelle Literatur‘ Ein Beitrag zur Erörterung und exemplarischen Erprobung der neuen Grundbegriffe aus der interkulturellen Literaturwissenschaft

EXTENDED ABSTRACT In the present paper, an attempt was made to discuss and delineate the basic terms of intercultural literary studies: ‚interculturality‘ and ‚intercultural literature‘. Since the nuances of meaning between these basic terms are often blurred in many studies, it seemed necessary to discuss and clearly delineate their usage considering the current lively discourse on interculturality in literary studies as well. To accomplish this, an analysis of a work along intercultural aspects proved obligatory. The text material used was Thorsten Becker‘s novel Sieger nach Punkten ( Winner on Points ), whose subject matter, at first glance seemed to offer references to interculturality. The analysis was based on the model developed by Blioumi for the literary interculturality of a literary text, by means of which the intercultural potential of a text can be traced, and on the criteria of an intercultural novel brought forth by Chiellino. It was obliged to the concern to exemplify the meaning of ‚interculturality‘ and ‚intercultural literature‘ and their discussion on the text. Following Blioumi‘s model on interculturality, Becker‘s novel was inspected in terms of the components of the dynamic concept of culture, double optics, self-criticism, empathy, and hybridity. The application of Blioumi‘s model of analysis to the novel under study revealed that the novel carries an intercultural potential, which is revealed in the plea for more understanding towards Turkish migrants. Furthermore, the application of Chiellino‘s genre-specific categories of analysis to the intercultural novel, which ask about the presence of an intercultural memory and an intercultural interlocutor, as well as the use of linguistic latency, produced that Becker‘s novel can be placed in the category of intercultural literature. By applying the two models of analysis, it became clear at the