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<p>Unmotivated and unprepared, an Austrian young man leaves his home town Vienna, only to dive into the unknown Romania. He already has images of this country in his mind. He is on his way towards the <italic>magical, dark, sparkling Transdanubien</italic>, about which he only knows clichés: that Romanians barely have anything to eat, that it is a country of gypsies, that the official language is Russian, that it is an anachronistic country par excellence. With this perspective, his relationship with local Ilina can only fail. This article follows along the lines of a complicated inter-cultural communication.</p>
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Unmotivated and unprepared, an Austrian young man leaves his home town Vienna, only to dive into the unknown Romania. He already has images of this country in his mind. He is on his way towards the magical, dark, sparkling Transdanubien, about which he only knows clichés: that Romanians barely have anything to eat, that it is a country of gypsies, that the official language is Russian, that it is an anachronistic country par excellence. With this perspective, his relationship with local Ilina can only fail. This article follows along the lines of a complicated inter-cultural communication.

„Du bist hier nicht zu Hause Du bist ein Außerirdischer!“<sup>1</sup> Zur gestörten Kommunikation in der Novelle <italic>Die Spur des Bibliothekars</italic> von Johannes Gelich

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„Du bist hier nicht zu Hause Du bist ein Außerirdischer!“ Zur gestörten Kommunikation in der Novelle  von Johannes Gelich

Unmotivated and unprepared, an Austrian young man leaves his home town Vienna, only to dive into the unknown Romania. He already has images of this country in...

„Du bist hier nicht zu Hause Du bist ein Außerirdischer!“¹ Zur gestörten Kommunikation in der Novelle Die Spur des Bibliothekars von Johannes Gelich

Published Online: Feb 01, 2020

Page range: 50 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2019-0019

Keywords
intercultural communication, misunderstandings, perspective, empathy

© 2019 Ana Karlstedt, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

„Du bist hier nicht zu Hause Du bist ein Außerirdischer!“1 Zur gestörten Kommunikation in der Novelle Die Spur des Bibliothekars von Johannes Gelich

Published Online: Feb 01, 2020

Page range: 50 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2019-0019

Keywordsintercultural communication, misunderstandings, perspective, empathy

© 2019 Ana Karlstedt, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

„Du bist hier nicht zu Hause Du bist ein Außerirdischer!“¹ Zur gestörten Kommunikation in der Novelle Die Spur des Bibliothekars von Johannes Gelich

Keywords
intercultural communication, misunderstandings, perspective, empathy