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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/92548| Title: | ‘Narrative Normalization’ and Günter Grass’s Im Krebsgang |
| Other Titles: | German Culture, Politics, and Literature into the Twenty-First Century : Beyond Normalisation |
| Authors: | Schödel, Kathrin |
| Keywords: | Grass, Günter, 1927-2015 -- Criticism and interpretation Grass, Günter, 1927-2015 -- Political and social views German literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Germany Germany -- Intellectual life -- 21st century |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | Camden House |
| Citation: | Schödel, K. (2006). ‘Narrative Normalization’ and Günter Grass’s Im Krebsgang. In S. Taberner & P. Cooke, (Eds.), German Culture, Politics, and Literature into the Twenty-First Century. Beyond Normalisation (pp. 195-208). Rochester, NY: Camden House. |
| Abstract: | “Wie normal sind die Normalen?” - this question was raised in a 2004 poster campaign sponsored by the charity Aktion Mensch in response to the highly topical debate on the subject of bioethics. The question draws attention to the use of “normality” as a normative standard: what are the criteria by which it is defined and how reliable are they? Normality is, of course, by no means a self-evident truth. Even if the use of the term “normal” naturalizes that which is called normal, normality is a discursive construct. The distinction between the normal and the non-normal is always blurred and contested. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/92548 |
| ISBN: | 9781571133380 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtGer |
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