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Herrmann, Elisabeth (2020) Literatur nach der Dystopie : Ein Zukunftsbericht in Zeiten der COVID-19- Krise. Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift, 70 (3/4). pp. 413-443.
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Abstract
Based on theoretical considerations of Aristotle's law of probability and necessity, this contribution examines the long-term influence of a global historical event like the COVID-19 crisis on our perception of reality. What happens if an unprecedented situation previously conceivable purely as fiction suddenly becomes real and literature is caught up by reality? Then, according to the thesis put forward here, this is the end of dystopia and the beginning of a new reality, accompanied by a blatant ‘reality shock’. In the form of an essay, the article first describes the historical event of the COVID-19 pandemic in its affective component and explains why and how it has been experienced as a crisis. The article further examines what effects this crisis experience might have on our perception of reality and fiction, and on future literature. Special attention is given to the literary form of speculative realism which opens up new forms of thinking and enables reflection on how we can re-conceptualize our passive 'being in the world' as an involved 'acting in this world' thus taking responsibility not only for the present but also for the future.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PT Germanic literature R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > German Studies Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 (Disease) , Crises in literature , Psychic trauma in literature, Creative nonfiction , Dystopias in literature , Speculative fiction | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Universitaetsverlag Winter GmbH | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0016-8904 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 70 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3/4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 413-443 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Description: | Krisennarrative und Krisenszenarien. Guest ed. Ansgar Nünning. Special Issue of Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift |
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