Intercultural Aspects in and around Turkic Literatures

Proceedings of the International Conference held on October 11th-12th, 2003 in Nicosia. Edited by Matthias Kappler.

18 contributions (two of them in french) address various aspects of and views on interculturalism, cosmopolitanism, stereotypes and crosscultural literary trends in Turkic literatures and literatures in contact with Turkic culture and literatures, namely Greek, Russian, and Italian. The contributors, who come from nine different countries, examine topics from the analysis of the image of the "other" in Turkish or "neighbouring" literary texts to the investigation of literary techniques and trends as a device of interculturalism and cosmopolitanism and cover a period from the 18th to the 20th century. Also included are introductory chapters on the historical and political context of the contact areas discussed in the contributions. 197 Seiten, broschiert (Mîzân. Studien zur Literatur in der islamischen Welt; Band 13/Harrassowitz Verlag 2006)