Publications

Mengel, Ewald: "Trauma and Art in the Contemporary South African Novel: Susan Mann's Quarter Tones", in: Jessica Aliaga Lavrijsen and Michael Bick (eds.), Is This a Culture of Trauma?: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. eBook. Interdisciplinary Press, 2013, pp. 205-216.

Mengel, Ewald: "Trauma and Genre", in: Mengel, Ewald, and Michela Borzaga (eds.), Trauma, Memory, and Narrative in the Contemporary South African Novel: Essays. Matatu 46. Amsterdam/NY: Rodopi, 2012, pp. 143-175.  

Mengel, Ewald & Michela Borzaga (eds.): Trauma, Memory, and Narrative in the Contemporary South African Novel: Essays. Matatu 46. Amsterdam/NY: Rodopi, 2012, xxxi+403 pp.

Mengel, Ewald, Michela Borzaga & Karin Orantes (eds.): Trauma, Memory, and Narrative in South Africa: Interviews. Matatu 38. Amsterdam/NY: Rodopi, 2010, xiii+256 pp.

Mengel, Ewald: "Truth and Reconciliation in the Contemporary South African Novel", in: Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla, and Chris Van der Merwe (eds.), Memory, Narrative, and Forgiveness: Perspectives on the Unfinished Journeys of the Past. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, pp. 300-318.

Borzaga, Michela & Dorothea Steiner (eds.): Imagination in a Troubled Space: A South African Poetry Reader. Salzburg: Poetry Salzburg, 2004.

Borzaga, Michela: "South Africa: A Personal Encounter", in: Borzaga, Michela & Dorothea Steiner (eds.): Imagination in a Troubled Space: A South African Poetry Reader. Salzburg: Poetry Salzburg, 2004, pp. 9-14.

Borzaga, Michela: "Freeing the Muse: An Interview with Tatamkhulu Afrika", in: Borzaga, Michela & Dorothea Steiner (eds.): Imagination in a Troubled Space: A South African Poetry Reader. Salzburg: Poetry Salzburg, 2004, pp. 174-186.

Diploma Theses

Aigner, Katharina: 'Forms of Traumatization in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Binder, Alina Stefanie: 'Magical Realism in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2012 (unpublished MA thesis).

Borzaga, Michela: 'Tatamkhulu Afrika: A Contemporary South African Poet (1920-2002)'. University of Salzburg, 2004 (unpublished MA thesis).

Brunsteiner, Elisabeth: 'Truth and Reconciliation in Selected Contemporary South African Novels'. University of Vienna, 2005 (unpublished MA thesis).

Cezik, Marion: 'Coping with Trauma in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Demirbas, Ümran: 'The Representation of Muslims in Contemporary South African Fiction'. University of Vienna, 2008 (unpublished MA thesis).

Dittrich, Monika: 'Indigeneity Today and Tomorrow: The Construction of Contemporary Indigenous Identities in Selected Novels from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa'. University of Vienna, 2010 (unpublished MA thesis).

Edelbacher, Lisa: 'Body and Text in Selected Works of J.M. Coetzee'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Filipska, Magda: 'The Family as a Microcosm of Society in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2008 (unpublished MA thesis).

Freimüller, Susanne: 'Trauma and the Transitional Object in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Harvey, Katrin: 'Rape in Contemporary South African Novels'. University of Vienna, 2008 (unpublished MA thesis).

Herics, Barbara: 'The Representation of Tribal Culture - Past and Present - in Contemporary South African Fiction'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Herzog, Julia: 'Transgenerational Trauma in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Hofbauer, Birgit: 'Power and Violence in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2006 (unpublished MA thesis).

Holnsteiner, Sebastian: 'An Endless Safari: Animals in Contemporary South African Fiction'. University of Vienna, 2010 (unpublished MA thesis).

Hügel, Rene: 'The Politics of Nadine Gordimer's Later Novels'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Indinger, Mariella: 'Friendships Across the Colour Bar in Selected Contemporary South African Novels'. University of Vienna, 2007 (unpublished MA thesis).

Keglovits, Nicole: 'Images of Women in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2008 (unpublished MA thesis). 

Kraus, Christina: 'The Child Soldier - Constructions of Identity in Anglophone African Autobiographical Narratives'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Kriz, Agnes Sophie: '"Beyond Trauma": Ways Into A New South Africa'. University of Vienna, 2012 (unpublished MA thesis).

Lechner, Silvia: 'Exile and Homecoming in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2009 (unpublished MA thesis).

Mainhart, Anna-Christina: 'Damon Galgut - South Africa's Fresh, Young Voice?'. University of Vienna, 2012 (unpublished MA thesis).

Mokry, Irene: 'Tsitsi Dangarembga Voicing the Subaltern: Women Struggling Against Patriarchy and Colonial Supremacy'. University of Vienna, 2011 (unpublished MA thesis).

Navratil, Andrea: 'O Brother, Where Art Thou Going?: The Construction of Collective Identities in Contemporary South Africa'. University of Vienna, 2008 (unpublished MA thesis). 

Orantes, Karin: 'Contemporary South African Memoirs'. University of Vienna, 2008 (unpublished MA thesis).

Pesenhofer-Yarnton, Vera Maria: 'The Novels of Zakes Mda'. University of Vienna, 2007 (unpublished MA thesis).

Pettau, Nicole: 'From Childhood to Adulthood in the Novels of Pamela Jooste'. University of Vienna, 2009 (unpublished MA thesis).

Polt, Anita: 'Growing Up in Selected Contemporary South African Novels'. University of Vienna, 2006 (unpublished MA thesis).

Pöschl, Michaela: 'Trauma and the Narrative Structure of the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2011 (unpublished MA thesis).

Postiasi, Nina: 'Rewriting History in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2010 (unpublished MA thesis).

Prirschl, Barbara: 'The South African Farm Novel'. University of Vienna, 2008 (unpublished MA thesis).

Rapp, Bianca: 'Children of Rape in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2013 (unpublished MA thesis).

Sabathy, Stefanie Maria: 'Memory and the Testimonial Mode'. University of Vienna, 2008 (unpublished MA thesis).

Schreitter, Barbara: 'Down Second Avenue: Female Wanderers Between Two Worlds in Contemporary South African Fiction'. University of Vienna, 2005 (unpublished MA thesis).

Schwarzfurtner, Kerstin: 'Female Identity Construction in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2007 (unpublished MA thesis).

Stiftinger Christian: 'Music and Trauma in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2011 (unpublished MA thesis).

Stöffelbauer, Kristina: 'Traumatic Childhood in the Contemporary South African Novel'. University of Vienna, 2011 (unpublished MA thesis).

Trinbacher, Andreas: 'Trauma and Narrative in the Contemporary South African Novel: A Critical Reading of Troy Blacklaw's Karoo Boy, Susan Mann's One Tongue Singing, Rachel Zadok's Gem Squash Tokoloshe and Sindiwe Magona's Mother to Mother'. University of Vienna, 2010 (unpublished MA thesis).

Wallner, Astrid: 'John M. Coetzee's Development as a Novelist'. University of Vienna, 2007 (unpublished MA thesis).