Guide to the TAS Holdings of the IB

Key to TAS Holdings


In categorizing study materials for Transcultural Anglophone Studies, national boundaries have played less of a role than regional commonalities in grouping together the post-colonies; the work of ethnic minority writers demands the inclusion of Britain and North America, while the fact that South Asia and its diasporas form the chief area of research for TAS in Saarbrücken means that this category subsumes the other regional categories in bringing together thematically-related texts which would otherwise have been scattered owing to area considerations.

In keeping with these directives, texts have been catalogued in accordance with either the location and/or the cultural identification of the Anglophone transcultural writers being studied at Saarland University.



The following abbreviations are in use for categorizing TAS materials, also in the departmental library:

AFR African writers
  • East Africa: Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
  • Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe
  • West Africa: Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
CARCaribbean writers: Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago
NLT

PAC

PCB

PNA 


SDS

Non-Anglophone Literatures in Translation

Pan-Pacific area writers: Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, the Fiji-Islands

Poly-Cultural Britain: Ethnic minority writers based in Britain

Ethnic minority writers based in Poly-Cultural North America: Canada, USA

South Asian writers based in South Asia and its Diasporas :

  • Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • Caribbean: Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica, Surinam
  • East Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius
  • South Africa
  • South Pacific: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Tasmania
  • Great Britain
  • North America: Canada, USA
SEA

South-East Asian writers: China, Malaysia, Singapore



Using this specified list, you can search for

  • primary and secondary sources on a particular TAS author in the "Autoren" section (listed identically to the key above)

  • anthologized primary texts in the "Anthologien" section (same as 1. - with the sign 'ANT' preceding it, e.g. "ANT SEA")

  • literary criticism of primary texts in the "Literaturwissenschaft" section (same as 1. - with the sign 'L' following it, e.g. "CARL")

  • cultural background information in the "Kulturelle Hintergründe" section (same as 1. - with the sign 'K' following it, e.g. "PACK")

  • critical theory in monograph or anthologised form in the "Literatur- und Kulturtheorie" section (placed in the "L-SEKTION". TAS relevant materials found from "L 910" to "L919")

1. Autoren (Primär- und Sekundärliteratur)

AFR* 

CAR* 

PAC* 

PCB* 

PNA* 

SDS* 

SEA* 

NAN 

 African Writers 

Caribbean Writers 

Writers of the Pan-Pacific Area 

 Polycultural British Writers 

Polycultural North American Writers 

Writers of South Asia and its Diasporas 

South-East Asian Writers 

Non-Anglophone Writers in Translation 

2. Anthologien

ANT VAN*

ANT AFR* 

ANT CAR* 

ANT PAC* 

ANT PCB*

ANT PNA* 

ANT SDS*

ANT SEA*   

ANT NAN 

 Various Anglophone Literatures 

African Literatures 

Caribbean Literatures 

Literatures of the Pan-Pacific Area 

Polycultural British Literatures 

Polycultural North American Literatures 

Literatures of South Asia and its Diasporas 

South-East Asian Literatures 

Non-Anglophone Literatures in Translation 

3. Literaturwissenschaft

VANL 

AFRL 

PACL

PCBL 

PNAL  

SDSL 

SEAL 

NANL 

  Various Anglophone Literatures 

African Literatures CARL Caribbean Literatures 

Literatures of the Pan-Pacific Area 

Polycultural British Literatures 

Polycultural North American Literatures 

Literatures of South Asia and its Diasporas 

South-East Asian Literatures 

Non-Anglophone Literatures in Translation 

4. Kulturelle Hintergründe

VANK 

AFRK 

CARK  

PACK 

PCBK 

PNAK

SDSK   

SEAK 

NANK 

 Various Anglophone Cultures 

African Cultures 

Caribbean Cultures 

Cultures of the Pan-Pacific Area 

Polycultural British Cultures 

Polycultural North American Cultures 

Cultures of South Asia and its Diasporas 

South-East Asian Cultures 

Non-Anglophone Cultures 

5. Literatur- und Kulturtheorie

L910 Critical Theory