Edinburgh German Yearbook 7

Emily Jeremiah, Frauke Matthes

Building on a long tradition in German-language literature and culture, this volume focuses on contemporary engagements with ethical concerns in literary texts, essays, and films.

Introduction: Ethical Approaches in Contemporary German-Language Literature and Culture"The Absoluteness of the Knowledge Once Possessed": 1968 Ethics and Consensual Ethics in Uwe Timm's Novel RotWhat the World Needs Now: Rancière, Ethology, and Christian Petzold's Toter Mann (2001) and Wolfsburg (2003)Materiality and Ethics in Recent German Prose Narratives by Angelika Overath and Angela KraußShameful Stories: The Ethics of East German Memory Contests in Fiction by Julia Schoch, Stefan Moster, Antje Rávic Strubel, and Judith SchalanskyAffective Encounters and Ethical Responses in Robert Schneider's Die Luftgängerin and Sybille Berg's Vielen Dank für das LebenNarrative Ethics and the Problems of Age and Aging in Annette Pehnt's Haus der Schildkröten"So ähnlich könnte es gewesen sein, aber [. . .]": Unethical Narrations of Emily Ruete's "Große Wandlungen"Enlightenment Fundamentalism: Zafer Senocak, Navid Kermani, and Multiculturalism in Germany TodayVoicing Rupture: Ethical Concerns in Short Prose and Lyric Texts by Yoko Tawada