Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
How do we approach, read, discuss, and teach German literature in light of the transnational and global environmental problems and crises caused by human activities? In what way does the current geological era of the Anthropocene marked by traceable human impact across the globe lead us to reflect on the role and interconnectedness of human and non-human forces? Since human activities and human cultures have caused so many of the current ecological problems, how can scholars address broad-scale interdisciplinary problems with attention to both cultural and scientific knowledge? What is the role of the humanities in this inextricably nature-culture mix of problems? Many recent works in American and Anglophone literature attempt to answer such questions, yet there is still much to be done in other language and cultural traditions, especially when considering such broad-scale and shared challenges. We were motivated by such a need to gather together a collection of current work reflecting environmental attention in both canonical and non-canonical German-language texts and films.
Editor
Caroline Schaumann & Heather I. Sullivan
Identifier
10.1057/978-1-137-54222-9_2
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
City
New York
ISBN
9781137559852
Repository Citation
Schaumann, C., & Sullivan, H. I. (2017). Introduction. In C. Schaumann & H. I. Sullivan (Eds.), German ecocriticism in the anthropocene (pp. 7-21). Palgrave Macmillan.
Publication Information
German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene
Comments
Introduction to German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene by Caroline Schaumann and Heather Sullivan (Eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.