ICLS1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Timur Vermes, Reception Theory, Netflix

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: International Comparative Literature
• Course: ICLS1001
• Professor: Benjamin Nickl

Document Summary

Lecture 9 translational literature in global contexts; Doug stanhope - talks about his mother and the possibility of an afterlife (youtube) Philosophy of when life gets tough you have to make fun of it. Shows us that this kind of comedy is much more common place; pushing the boundaries - pushing the niche in to the mainstream. Sawatzki is his personal assistant, how is his character portrayed in the book as his personal helper? (to the end?) To make it more accessible to different cultures. to tie u o the ending more than the book (expectations of media). To outline/infer that the message of the book/movie is not exclusively aimed at germany. Activity: write a 300-word press release statement as timur vermes, who received massive backlash for writing "look who"s back" to justify the book.