Das Bild stammt aus dem Hamburger House of Banksy und zeigt links den Graffiti-Schriftzug There is always hope, in der Mitte eine Frau mit Gasmaske und Feuerlöscher, rechts eine stark verwitterte gemauerte Wand mit Kriegsspuren.

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German narratives on Russia's war in Ukraine

Narratives on Russia's war in Ukraine

Introduction
German Narratives on Russia's war in Ukraine
Positions and Counter-Positions
Cornelia Ilbrig | Jana Mende | Monika Wolting
The Narrative of Our Changing Times
A Critical Analysis of its Implications, Challenges, and Opportunities
In his parliamentary address of February 27, 2022, Chancellor Scholz developed the narrative of a historical turning point. This article explores the potential this unfolding narrative could hold if it is taken seriously and kept up to date in terms of its semantic content and historical roots.
Cornelia Ilbrig
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05.12.2023
War Narratives, Literature and Reality
The Cassandra Method and the War in Ukraine
What traces of Russia's imperial claims can be found in Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian contemporary literature? This article shows that literary texts can point to emerging conflicts much earlier than politics does.
Monika Wolting
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13.02.2024
The Russian Media Wars
What we can Learn From a Ukrainian Media Theorist About How Russian Propaganda Works
Every day Russian propagandist media produces new misinformation, like a factory working ceaselessly on the constitution of a parallel world. Nevertheless, many people still ask themselves: is Russia not entitled to have its own opinion, its own perspective on events? The aim of this article is to...
Natalia Grinina
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04.02.2025

Perspectives on the War in Ukrainian literature

Writing in Wartime
Ukrainian Literature in a Time of Extremes
Writing produced during a war is emotionally charged; the texts testify to strong emotions, anguish, anger, and hatred. In reaction to this, German intellectuals have raised a finger of remonstration and warning, calling for moderation from Ukrainian authors.
Schamma Schahadat
Memory, Trauma, Therapy
Ukrainian Literature (2014-2023)
What kind of literature emerges in a country experiencing an ongoing war? What are these contemporary Ukrainian literary texts about, and what is their main function?
Olena Saikovska
Which language – which narrative?
On Multilingualism and Choice of Language in Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Since the Outbreak of War
Ukraine has been fighting for the independence of its territories since 2014, but the war escalated into a crisis of historic proportions on 24 February 2022. Alongside the military clashes, the conflict has led to the catastrophe for civilization that often accompanies awful brutality. At the same...
Oxana Matiychuk

German perspectives on Ukrainian literature and the war

Literary awareness of the crisis
A Sense of Crisis Among German-language Authors
and Russia’s War Against Ukraine
To what extent does Russia’s war against Ukraine affect German-language authors? What influence does it have on their literary self-image, their subjects and their language? Texts by Durs Grünbein, Kerstin Preiwuss and Marcel Beyer will be analyzed in this context. All three authors see the war...
Silke Pasewalck
Westsplaining or Understanding
Perspectives by German Authors on Russia's War in Ukraine
Shortly after the start of the war against Ukraine, various German authors formulated how Germany should behave as a state and as a society. This article uncovers the different strategies that have been used to influence the political debate through literature.
Jana Mende

Ukrainian literature and culture in German-speaking countries

An interview with Maria Ivanytska and Claudia Dathe

Zum Interview

Ein Stapel Bücher in den Nationalfarben der Ukraine vor dem Brandenburger Tor.

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