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Interkulturelle Begegnungen und Fremddarstellungen im Reisebericht
Intercultural encounters and foreignness in travelogues

Author(s): Ana-Maria Dascălu-Romițan
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Education, Studies of Literature, Communication studies
Published by: Editura Mirton
Keywords: interculturality; intercultural skills; intercultural learning; foreign cultures; travelogue;

Summary/Abstract: Being acquainted with foreignness this article invites the traveler to a fascinating journey of discovery and to numerous intercultural encounters. At the same time, dealing with travel reports, travelogues, travel literature offers intercultural access to different languages, literatures, and cultures and also generates different perceptions and insights in the reader, from which the reader can learn a lot about foreign cultures. The focus of the article is to prove that dealing with travel reports can also promote the acquisition of intercultural skills and intercultural learning.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 97-115
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: German