Distanz und nähe : das Amerikabild in ausgewählten texten von Jürg Federspiel
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1996
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Tranbarger, Andrea Elisabeth Schmidt
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This thesis focusses on three texts by Jürg Federspiel, Museum des Basses, Die Ballade von der Typhoid Mary and Die beste Stadt und andere Berichte in which Federspiel's preoccupation with America is most apparent. The aim of this study is an examination of what constitutes the Swiss writer's creative tension not only within Swiss society but in relation to other cultures, as well as the subsequent shift of the location from Switzerland to abroad which seems to be a dominant feature in the literatures of Switzerland. Based on the three texts and their mutual topic of depicting a foreign cultural environment, the function of America as a theme is examined in order to detect a potential development in the author's stance regarding his America image.