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Title: Is Literature Still Central to German Studies?
Author : The German Quarterly
Release Date : January 01, 2007
Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
Pages : * pages
Size : 179 KB

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"Literature" versus "Culture" Literature has always stood in need of being justified. What should be special about its precarious position in German studies? Before I attempt an outline of its shifting fortunes within the discipline of German in the United Stares in recent decades, I need to recall Wolfgang Iser's reminder: "Since Aristotle we have grown accustomed to a branch of criticism that strives to analyze just what literature should be or should achieve." (1) Looking at the recent traffic in theories that has blossomed by questioning these justifications of literature, I cannot but conclude that both justifications and their counterarguments constitute a healthy part of our profession and to generate another assessment is just grist for the mill.