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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/priscilla-lane
LOCATION:Balsillie School of International Affairs 67 Erb Street West Water
 loo ON Canada
SUMMARY:Priscilla Lane
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:SWISS POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE? READING MARTIN DEAN'S _MEINE\nV
 ÄTER_ (2003) THROUGH TRAUMA\, MUTISM\, AND THIRD SPACE\n\nMartin Dean’
 s novel _Meine Väter_ (“My Fathers\,” 2003)\nfollows Robert\, a Swi
 ss man of Indo-Trinidadian origin\, whose\ndaughter’s birth triggers an 
 existential crisis over his uncertain\nidentity. Raised by his Swiss mothe
 r and Indo-Trinidadian stepfather\,\nRobert seeks answers from his biologi
 cal father\, Ray. Yet when he\nfinally finds Ray in London\, living in a n
 ursing home and mute\nfollowing a racist attack\, Robert’s search become
 s an exploration of\nabsence rather than revelation. Robert and his father
 ’s subsequent\njourney to Trinidad unfolds as a quest for truth that rem
 ains\nunresolved\, fragmented across conflicting accounts from relatives\,
 \nfriends\, and cultural artefacts. I argue that Dean’s novel employs\np
 sychoanalytic and postcolonial frameworks\, in particularly trauma\,\nhybr
 idity\, dislocation\, and Homi Bhabha’s “third space\,” to\nstage th
 e impossibility of recovery and self-coherence. Ray’s\nmuteness function
 s as both the bodily trace of colonial violence and\nan aesthetic “void\
 ,” positioning _Meine Väter_ as a compelling\nexample of Swiss postco
 lonial literature.\n\nPart of The Diefenbaker Lectures\n[/germanic-slavic
 -studies/node/1105]\, a series of talks by leading\nscholars in German stu
 dies.\n\n_Priscilla Layne is Professor of German and Director of the Cente
 r for\nEuropean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 ._\n\n-------------------------\n\n_If you wish to attend\, please registe
 r at Eventbrite\n[https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-diefenbaker-lecture-seri
 es-priscilla-layne-tickets-1983384515477?aff=oddtdtcreator]\n- there's a r
 eception after the lecture\, and we want to make sure\neveryone gets somet
 hing to eat and drink!_
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