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<p>In “Fern von Aleppo”, the Syrian author Faisal Hamdo, who left his home in 2014 and sought refuge in Germany, tells of his very personal integration experiences. The book represents a kind of intercultural communication. In his book, Faisal Hamdo, who sees himself as a “mediator between the worlds”, tries to give the German reader answers to many questions regarding Syrian culture. From a text linguistic point of view, this book identifies the narrative development that seems to be tailored to the intercultural context. Accordingly, the present article raises the following questions: Does the structure of classic narration differ from the structure of narration in an intercultural context? Which intercultural information units are presented in the text? How are they embedded in the narrative text? Which constituents of the narrative structure are suitable for realizing intercultural communication? Which communicative functions do the constituents of the narrative structure fulfill in an intercultural context?</p>
<p>The contribution sets itself the goal of analyzing the narrative structure to investigate how intercultural communication comes about through narration, how the intercultural information units are integrated into the constituents of the classic narrative structure so that they fulfill their communicative function, and to developa suitable analysis model.</p>
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In “Fern von Aleppo”, the Syrian author Faisal Hamdo, who left his home in 2014 and sought refuge in Germany, tells of his very personal integration experiences. The book represents a kind of intercultural communication. In his book, Faisal Hamdo, who sees himself as a “mediator between the worlds”, tries to give the German reader answers to many questions regarding Syrian culture. From a text linguistic point of view, this book identifies the narrative development that seems to be tailored to the intercultural context. Accordingly, the present article raises the following questions: Does the structure of classic narration differ from the structure of narration in an intercultural context? Which intercultural information units are presented in the text? How are they embedded in the narrative text? Which constituents of the narrative structure are suitable for realizing intercultural communication? Which communicative functions do the constituents of the narrative structure fulfill in an intercultural context?
The contribution sets itself the goal of analyzing the narrative structure to investigate how intercultural communication comes about through narration, how the intercultural information units are integrated into the constituents of the classic narrative structure so that they fulfill their communicative function, and to developa suitable analysis model.

<italic>Fern von Aleppo</italic>: Narrative Themenentfaltung im interkulturellen Kontext

Dozentin Dr.; Universität Ain Shams in Kairo

Germanistische Beiträge

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: Narrative Themenentfaltung im interkulturellen Kontext

In “Fern von Aleppo”, the Syrian author Faisal Hamdo, who left his home in 2014 and sought refuge in Germany, tells of his very personal integration...

Fern von Aleppo: Narrative Themenentfaltung im interkulturellen Kontext

Publié en ligne: 05 août 2021

Pages: 108 - 129

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2020-0005

Mots clés
Faisal Hamdo, narrative structure, narrative de velopment of topics, intercultural communication, inter-cultural context, Fern von Aleppo, integration experiences

© 2021 Eman Mohamed Abdelfattah Said, published by Sciendo

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

Fern von Aleppo: Narrative Themenentfaltung im interkulturellen Kontext

Publié en ligne: 05 août 2021

Pages: 108 - 129

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2020-0005

Mots clésFaisal Hamdo, narrative structure, narrative de velopment of topics, intercultural communication, inter-cultural context, Fern von Aleppo, integration experiences

© 2021 Eman Mohamed Abdelfattah Said, published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
Faisal Hamdo, narrative structure, narrative de velopment of topics, intercultural communication, inter-cultural context, Fern von Aleppo, integration experiences