Sami Ludwig
Biographic Data
| ID | 3612819 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sami Ludwig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sami |
| FAMILY NAME | Ludwig |
| SIGNATURE | LUDWIG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Haute-Alsace |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6632-9173 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transatlantic conjuring
This paper discusses many striking parallels in the fiction of the African American writer Ishmael Reed and the African writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, suggesting that they are in conversation with each other and, beyond that, possibly even manifest aesthetic similarities of a particular transatlantic cultural sensibility. Rather than applying an established toolbox of current Western academic criticism, this comparison relies on the presentation of su…
“With both hands on the wheel…”
The Cambridge Companion to Toni Morrison
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is one of the most widely studied of contemporary American authors. Her novels, particularly Beloved, have had a dramatic impact on the American canon and attracted considerable critical commentary. This 2007 Companion introduces and examines her oeuvre as a whole, the first evaluation to include not only her famous novels, but also her other literary works (short story, drama, musical, and opera), her social and lite…
Ethnicity as Cognitive Identity
Ethnicity as Cognitive IdentityPrivate and Public Negotiations in Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker sämi ludwig (bio) "They are every shape and color but they still share this talk, and this is the other tongue they have learned, this must be the special language." (Chang-Rae Lee)1 "What is it then between us?" (Walt Whitman, "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry")2 One of the main incentives for writing this article is my understanding that in the United States…
Volunteers of America
Nothing strikes the European traveler in the United States more than the absence of what we would call government or administration. (Alexis de Tocqueville) Know all men by these presents, that I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined.(From: “Resistance to Civil Government”) Aux Etats-Unis, le volontariat est indissociable de la démocratie.(Marc Chénetier) Look what’s happening o…
Ishmael Reed's Inductive Narratology of Detection
A Narratology of Free Voices Words walking without masters. (qtd. in Gates, Signifying 215) Pallbearers did not read like Henry James. (Chapple 18) A salient feature of Reed's chaotic-seeming narratology is the fact that he presents in an unmediated way, which forces upon the reader the task of performing an act of narratological induction, of recognizing Who speaks? This procedure, which is quite the opposite of the traditional sorting out and e…
Ishmael Reed's Inductive Narratology of Detection
A Narratology of Free Voices Words walking without masters. (qtd. in Gates, Signifying 215) Pallbearers did not read like Henry James. (Chapple 18) A salient feature of Reed's chaotic-seeming narratology is the fact that he presents in an unmediated way, which forces upon the reader the task of performing an act of narratological induction, of recognizing Who speaks? This procedure, which is quite the opposite of the traditional sorting out and e…
Volunteers of America
Nothing strikes the European traveler in the United States more than the absence of what we would call government or administration. (Alexis de Tocqueville) Know all men by these presents, that I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined.(From: “Resistance to Civil Government”) Aux Etats-Unis, le volontariat est indissociable de la démocratie.(Marc Chénetier) Look what’s happening o…
Ishmael Reed's Inductive Narratology of Detection
A Narratology of Free Voices Words walking without masters. (qtd. in Gates, Signifying 215) Pallbearers did not read like Henry James. (Chapple 18) A salient feature of Reed's chaotic-seeming narratology is the fact that he presents in an unmediated way, which forces upon the reader the task of performing an act of narratological induction, of recognizing Who speaks? This procedure, which is quite the opposite of the traditional sorting out and e…
The Cambridge Companion to Toni Morrison
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is one of the most widely studied of contemporary American authors. Her novels, particularly Beloved, have had a dramatic impact on the American canon and attracted considerable critical commentary. This 2007 Companion introduces and examines her oeuvre as a whole, the first evaluation to include not only her famous novels, but also her other literary works (short story, drama, musical, and opera), her social and lite…
Ethnicity as Cognitive Identity
Ethnicity as Cognitive IdentityPrivate and Public Negotiations in Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker sämi ludwig (bio) "They are every shape and color but they still share this talk, and this is the other tongue they have learned, this must be the special language." (Chang-Rae Lee)1 "What is it then between us?" (Walt Whitman, "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry")2 One of the main incentives for writing this article is my understanding that in the United States…
Volunteers of America
Nothing strikes the European traveler in the United States more than the absence of what we would call government or administration. (Alexis de Tocqueville) Know all men by these presents, that I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined.(From: “Resistance to Civil Government”) Aux Etats-Unis, le volontariat est indissociable de la démocratie.(Marc Chénetier) Look what’s happening o…
“With both hands on the wheel…”
Transatlantic conjuring
This paper discusses many striking parallels in the fiction of the African American writer Ishmael Reed and the African writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, suggesting that they are in conversation with each other and, beyond that, possibly even manifest aesthetic similarities of a particular transatlantic cultural sensibility. Rather than applying an established toolbox of current Western academic criticism, this comparison relies on the presentation of su…
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