Det spadserende i 2010ernes Berlin-litteratur

Two contemporary German books – Hanns Zischler‘s Berlin ist zu groß für Berlin (2013) and Tanja Dückers‘ Mein altes West-Berlin (2016) – express the criticism that inhabitants of big cities have stopped walking. The main subject in these texts is the walk in Berlin without having a specific purpose....

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Main Author: Jan T. Schlosser
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Aalborg University Open Publishing 2019-04-01
Series:Akademisk Kvarter
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Online Access:https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/3149
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description Two contemporary German books – Hanns Zischler‘s Berlin ist zu groß für Berlin (2013) and Tanja Dückers‘ Mein altes West-Berlin (2016) – express the criticism that inhabitants of big cities have stopped walking. The main subject in these texts is the walk in Berlin without having a specific purpose. The big city Berlin is considered a space of formation that should be ‘read’ to disclose history. The article examines if Zischler’s and Dückers’ walk is merely a part of a nostalgic culture of remembrance or still is a current way to move around in contemporary Berlin physically and intellectually.
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spelling doaj.art-eb760738281c4ae79ccc13d669ff062a2024-04-02T16:52:21ZdanAalborg University Open PublishingAkademisk Kvarter1904-00082019-04-011810.5278/ojs.academicquarter.v0i18.3149Det spadserende i 2010ernes Berlin-litteraturJan T. SchlosserTwo contemporary German books – Hanns Zischler‘s Berlin ist zu groß für Berlin (2013) and Tanja Dückers‘ Mein altes West-Berlin (2016) – express the criticism that inhabitants of big cities have stopped walking. The main subject in these texts is the walk in Berlin without having a specific purpose. The big city Berlin is considered a space of formation that should be ‘read’ to disclose history. The article examines if Zischler’s and Dückers’ walk is merely a part of a nostalgic culture of remembrance or still is a current way to move around in contemporary Berlin physically and intellectually. https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/3149Walking in big cities, Berlin literature in the 21st century, Berlin literature around 1930, Hanns Zischler, Tanja Dückers
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Det spadserende i 2010ernes Berlin-litteratur
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Walking in big cities, Berlin literature in the 21st century, Berlin literature around 1930, Hanns Zischler, Tanja Dückers
title Det spadserende i 2010ernes Berlin-litteratur
title_full Det spadserende i 2010ernes Berlin-litteratur
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title_full_unstemmed Det spadserende i 2010ernes Berlin-litteratur
title_short Det spadserende i 2010ernes Berlin-litteratur
title_sort det spadserende i 2010ernes berlin litteratur
topic Walking in big cities, Berlin literature in the 21st century, Berlin literature around 1930, Hanns Zischler, Tanja Dückers
url https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/3149
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