Encontrar una lengua propia en el tercer espacio: la literatura de migración de españoles en Alemania

Resumen

Finding a language of one�s own in the Third Space: literature of the Spanish migration to Germany. Migration as a central experience of modernity has changed the concepts of homeland and identity. It has likewise changed literature and introduced the idea of the intercultural author, or literature from the Third Space. This article describes the infl uence of the Spanish migration to Germany during the sixties and seventies on the writing of Victor Canicio and Jose F. A. Oliver. Although the two authors belong to different generations and address distinct audiences � Canicio mainly in Castellano and Oliver in German with features of Castellano and Alemannic � both started writing as a result of the migratory experience. The literary careers of both evolved from seeking identity and a sense of home through writing, towards a relocation of the migrant subject between the homeland and the �other�. This relocation results in a refl ection on language and its limits and possibilities, embodying a transformation into a literature written from the Third Space.