Erzählen zwischen geschichtlicher Spurensuche und Zeitgenossenschaft

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Edward Bialek explores the intersection of historical inquiry and contemporary relevance in recent German literature. Jochen Hörisch discusses the decline of contemporary literature, while Paul Michael Lützeler emphasizes the need for realistic narrative traditions and engagement with everyday life in novels at the turn of the 21st century. Inge Stephan examines polar metaphors in art and literature before and after 1989, while Klaus Hammer reflects on the uncertain future of literature from the former East Germany. Eva Banchelli analyzes forms of memory culture in unified Germany, and Monika Wolting highlights Felicitas Hoppe's novel "Johanna" as a contribution to cultural memory discourse. Monika Szczepaniak investigates the emancipatory potential of the Bluebeard fairy tale in the works of Karin Struck and Dea Loher. Sebastian Mrozek delves into autofiction in Herta Müller's "Reisende auf einem Bein," with Ewa Jarosz-Sienkiewicz discussing its themes of migration. Pawel Piszczatowski questions Müller’s "foreign gaze," while Ewa Matkowska reviews Christoph Hein's novels before and after the reunification. Joanna Sumbor reflects on Volker Braun's work, and Agnieszka Kodzis-Sofinska analyzes Roland Schimmelpfennig's play "Vier Himmelsrichtungen." Andrzej Kopacki discusses Christian Kracht's "Tristesse Royale," while Ewa Pytel-Bartnik addresses urban historiography in Annett Gröschner's "Walpurgistag." Stephan Wolting connects