Stephan Wolting

The foreign in its many facets and most diverse forms has repeatedly been the subject of interdisciplinary "discussion" in recent decades. However, a rather subordinate position is occupied by the consideration of the interrelation of motivic, biographical or whatever foreignness and aesthetic-literary form, which is rashly labelled with the term "alienation" in likewise the most diverse forms. On the basis of programmatic texts as well as individual studies, Stephan Wolting demonstrates the special referencing of "literature from abroad" and formal possibilities of an aesthetic "foreignness" (keyword: fiction) within selected examples of contemporary German-language literature. Otherness in their many facets and most varied forms have repeatedly "come up for discussion" on an interdisciplinary level in recent decades. However, the consideration of the interrelationship of motivic, biographical or whatever strange and aesthetic-literary form occupies a rather subordinate position, which is prematurely characterized with the term "alienation" in also various forms. On the basis of programmatic texts such as individual investigations, this work attempts to show the special reciprocity of "literature from abroad" and formal possibilities of an aesthetic "alienation" (keyword: fiction) within selected examples of contemporary German-language literature.