Teaching Areas

18th to 20th Century German and European Literature and Culture, Contemporary German and Austrian Literature, Literary Theory

 

Research Interests

Africa in contemporary German and Austrian literature, women's writing and gender issues, German Jewish writers and Holocaust literature (Jurek Becker, Edgar Hilsenrath), Exile literature 1933-1945, masochism in literature (Klaus Mann)

 

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
Higher Diploma of Education (Post Graduate), University of South Africa, Pretoria

 

Professional Experience

1986
Teacher of German (first and third language), History and Religious Studies at the Deutsche Schule Johannesburg.

1987 - 1989
Assistant Lecturer, Department of German Language and Literature at the University of Cape Town

1982-1985; 1990-2004
German Studies and European Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Fall Semester 2003
Humanities Fellow, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

 

Publications

Books

•  Africa and Europe: En/Countering Myths. Essays on Literature and Cultural Politics. Literary and Cultural Theory, Vol. 15. Edited and introduced by Carlotta von Maltzan Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 2003

•  Carlotta von Maltzan: Masochismus und Macht. Eine kritische Analyse am Beispiel von Klaus Manns, Mephisto. Roman einer Karriere'. Stuttgarter Arbeiten zur Germanistik. Vol. 383. Stuttgart: Hans-Dieter Heinz Akademischer Verlag. 2001

•  Spaces and Crossings. Essays on Literature and Culture in Africa and Beyond. Edited and introduced by Rita Wilson and Carlotta von Maltzan. Literary and Cultural Theory, Vol. 9. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 2001

•  Kanonbildung - Psychoanalyse - Macht. Beiheft 1, Acta Germanica. Edited by John K Noyes and Carlotta von Maltzan. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, New York, Paris: Peter Lang. 1990

•  Carlotta von Maltzan: Zur Bedeutung von Geschichte, Sexualität und Tod im Werk Heiner Müllers. Frankfurt am Main, Bern, New York, Paris: Peter Lang. 1988

 

Recent Articles

•  “Gewalt und Trauma. Zu Lutz van Dijks Jugendroman ‘Township Blues’”, in: Rolf Annas (ed.): Deutsch als Herausforderung. Fremdsprachunterricht und Litertur in Forschung und Lehre. Festschrift für Rainer Kussler, Stellenbosch: SUN Press Press, 2004: 201-214

•  Mythologizing Africa. ‘H.C. Artmann’s ‘afrika geht jetzt zur ruh’ and Ingeborg Bachmann’s ‘Das Buch Franza’, in: Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger & Pamela S. Saur (ed.): Visions and Visionaries in Contemporary Austrian Literature and Film, New York: Peter Lang, 2004: 173 -186

•  Writing about HIV and AIDS for young people. Lutz van Dijk’s novel “Stronger than the Storm”, Journal of African Children’s and Youth Literature, USA, Vol. 15-16 (2004-2006): 96-105

•  Voyeurism and Film in Elfriede Jelinek’s “The Piano Teacher”, Lamb-Faffelberger, M. (ed.): Literature, Film, and the Culture Industry in Contemporary Austria, Peter Lang: New York, 2002: 98-108

•  “Sinneserweiterungen. Klaus Manns Erkundungen Afrikas”, Acta Germanica, vol.28
2002: 97-106

•  “Memory and Language in Jurek Becker”, in: Noyes, J.K. et al (ed.): Kultur, Sprache,
Macht. Festschrift für Peter Horn. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bruxelles, New York, Wien: Peter Lang, 2000: 213-224

•  “’Die Angst davor, dass es rauskommt’ Über das Schweigen von Opfern und Tätern bei Katja Behrens und Bernhard Schlink”, in: Pol O’ Dochartaigh (ed.): Jews in German Literature since 1945: German-Jewish Literature? German Monitor No.53, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2000:463-476

 

Recent Conference Papers (selection)

•  Sagen, Schweigen, Blicken. Zu Elfriede Jelinek. XXII Conference of the SAGV, University of Stellenbosch, April 2005

•  Gewalt, Trauma und HIV/AIDS. Zu Lutz van Dijks Jugendroman Township Blues.
XXIth Conference of the SAGV, University of Namibia, Windhoek April 2003

•  Writing about HIV and AIDS for young people. Lutz van Dijk’s novel Stronger than the Storm. First Conference on the Study and Research of Children’s Literature, University of Botswana, June 2002

•  Germanistik in Südafrika heute: Grenzen – neue,alte , XX. Conference of the SAGV,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, March 2001
•  “Mapping the Exotic Body: Klaus Mann and André Gide in Africa”, XVIth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA), University of South Africa, Pretoria, August 2000

•  “Voyeurismus und Film in Elfriede Jelinek’s Die Klavierspielerin”, Fifth Annual East Coast Conference on Contemporary Austrian Culture, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA, September 1999

•  “Die Angst davor, dass es rauskommt”. Exkurs über das Schweigen nach 1945,
Conference on “Representation of Jews in German Literature since 1945”, University of Ulster at Coleraine, UK, September 1999

•  Fascism, the Leader and the Masses: Mussolini’s Autobiography, XIII. International Conference on Literature and Psychoanalysis, Boston, USA, July 1996

•  Power, the Stage and Fascism: Mussolini’s ideation of the Self, IX International Congress of the Association of Professional Italianists, University of the Witwatersrand, September 1995

 

Recent Public Lectures (selection)

•  Round table discussion with Dr. Ingrid Dell (Vienna), Dr. Mamadou Diop/UCAD on ‘Elfriede Jelinek’, Dakar, Senegal, 6 December 2004

•  Lecture on ‘Gewalt, Trauma und HIV/AIDS in der Jugendliteratur’ Germanistisches Institut, Koblenz University, Germany, 5 June 2003

•  Lecture on “Die Germanistik in Südafrika. Seminar für deutsche Literatur und Sprache”, Literaturwissenschaftliches Seminar II, Universität Hannover, Germany, 24 June 2003

•  Lecture on “Südafrika, Trauma und Gewalt. Seminar für deutsche Sprache und Literatur”. Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany, 8 July 2003

•  Public lecture on ‘Stronger than the Storm: Youth Culture and HIV/AIDS in South Africa’, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, USA, 13 November 2003

•  Lecture on “Die Angst davor, dass es rauskommt. Exkurs über das Schweigen nach 1945”, Department of Germanic Languages, University of Texas at Austin, USA, on 21 September 1999

•  Lecture on “Voyeurism, Violence and Film in Elfriede Jelinek’s The Piano Teacher”, Center for Multicultural & Gender Studies, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, 20 Sept. 1999