) ) l Focus on German Studies 18 ocus ON CERMAN STUDIES Edited by Joshua Arnold Wesley Jackson Volume 18 2011 Published by the German Graduate Student Governance Association of the University of Cincinnati 11 Focus on German Studies is published annually by the German Graduate Student Governance Association of the University of Cincinnati EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Joshua Arnold COPY EDITORS Wesley Jackson • Alexandra Parks Matthew Bauman • Vanessa Plumly BOARD OF FORMER EDITORS BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Wesley Jackson SPECIAL ASSISTANCE Marie Busch Dr. David N. Coury, University of Wisconsin- Green Bay Dr. Herman]. DeVries, Jr. Calvin College Dr. Britta Kallin, Georgia Tech Dr.]. Gregory Redding, Wabash College Dr. Jeffrey D. Todd, Texas Christian University Dr. Michael Rice, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Barbel Such, Ohio University Tonya Hampton, ABD, University of Cincinnati Dr. David Prickett, Universitat Potsdam Dr. Susanne Lenne Jones, East Carolina University Dr. Silke Schade, University of British Columbia- Vancouver Dr. Aine Zimmerman, Hunter College, New York Dr. Julia K. Baker, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville Dr. Laura Traser-Vas, American International School of Budapest Dr. Wolfgang Lucke!, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana Dr. Todd Heidt, Knox College, Illinois Alexandra Hagen, Grinnell College, Iowa Marie Buesch, ABD, University of Cincinnati CONTACT ADDRESS Send correspondence and subscription fees to: Focus on German Studies, PO Box 210372 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0372, USA email: fogs.editor@gmail.com Fax: (513)556-1991 Council of Editors of Learned Journals ISSN 1076-5697 COVER: "The Book Fool" from Sebastian Brant's Ship ofFools, London, 1570. Courtesy of the Archives and Rare Books Department, University of Cincinnati Libraries. Focus on German Studies 18 lll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T he eighteenth volume of Focus on German Studies was made possible only with the continued support of the University of Cincinnati Graduate Student Governance Association. We are deeply indebted to them for the ongoing support. Department Head Professor Katharina Gerstenberger and the Faculty Advisor Pro­ fessor Richard E. Schade deserve our sincere gratitude for helping in so many ways to keep Focus in operation. Many graduate students volunteered their time to help with this volume. Special thanks to all members of our EDITORIAL BOARD, BOARD OF REVIEWERS and BOARD OF GRADUATE STUDENT REVIEWERS. Each article considered for this volume was refereed by two or more of the following professors: Angelica Fenner, University of Toronto Tara Forrest, University of Technology, Sydney Katharina Gerstenberger, University of Cincinnati Rolf]. Goebel, University of Alabama in Huntsville Joseph Gomsu, Universitiit Yaounde I, Cametoan Oauclia Gorbman, University of Washington, Tacoma Todd H=og, University of Cincinnati Jennifer Jordan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Jennifer Kapczynski, Washington University StLouis Matthias Keidel, Dozent fur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften, Millheim an der Ruhr Douglas Klahr, University of Texas, Arlington Alexander Kosenina, Leibniz Universitiit Hannover Peter Lutze, Boise State University, Idaho Siegfil:rlMew.;, Uniletsity of North Carolirn, ~Hill Julian Preece, Swansea University Richard E Schade, University of Cincinnati Monika Schmitz-Emans, Ruhr-Universitiit Bochum Elliott Schreiber, Vassar College Patricia Anne Simpson, Montana State University Mary Beth Stein, George Washington University Felix Tweraser, Utah State University JM van der L!an, illinois State University Janet Ward, University ofNevada, Lls Vegas Andrew Wisely, Baylor University Cecile Zorach,Franklin & Marshall College We reseroe the right to make a'!} necessary editing changes 1vithout the express wntten pmnission of the authors. Focus on German Studies 18 ocus ON CERMAN STUDIES CONTENTS AUF DER SUCHE NACH GLUCK IN lNGO SCHULZES: 33 AUGENBLICKE DES GLUCKS BERITJANY ANTICIPATING THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC SCHISM: THEORETICAL DISPUTES WITHIN THE SPD ON CAPITALIST EVOLUTION AND THE NATURE OF THE IMPERIAL GERMAN STATE, 1891-1914 BRIAN SCHAEV OF MAN AND (SCHREID-)MACHINE DANIEL WALTER , V ATERLITERA TUR' ALS LITERA TURGESCHICHTLICHER PROBLEMFALL. DAS BEISPIEL PETER HENISCH. JULIAN REIDY v VII 2 19 53 69 Vl BOOK REVIEWS ARNO SURMINSKI. WINTER FONFUND VIERZIG ODER DIE FRAUEN VON P ALMNICKEN THOMAS HETTCHE. DIE LIEBE DER V A.TER CASPAR BATTEGAY, FELIX CHRISTEN, WOLFRAM GRODDEK (HRSG.) JAIMEY FISHER AND BARBARA MENNEL, EDS. SPATIAL TURNS: SPACE, PLACE AND MOBILITY IN GERMAN LITERARY AND VISUAL CULTURE WHITE, JOHN J. AND ANN WHITE. BERTOLT BRECHT'S FURCHT UND ELEND DES DRITTEN REICHES: A GERMAN EXILE DRAMA IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST FASCISM GISA WESZKALNYS. BERLIN, ALEXANDERPLATZ CLAIRE BERGMANN, TRANS. RICHARD BODEK. WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE CHILDREN? A NOVEL OF A GERMAN FAMILY IN THE TWILIGHT OF WEIMAR BERLIN FERDINAND VON SCHIRACH. SCHULD ALINA BRONSKY. DIE SCHARFSTEN GERICHTE DER TATARISCHEN KOCHE (THE FIERIEST DISHES OF TARTAR CUISINE). 97 100 102 107 111 114 119 121 123 Focus on German Studies 18 vu BENJAMIN RUTTER. HEGEL ON 1HE MODERN ARTS 125 WILFRIED MEICHTRY. HEXENPLATZ UND MORDERSTEIN. DIE GESCHICHTEN AUS DEM MAGISCHEN PFYNWALD EVA MENASSE. LASSLICHE TODSONDEN WIEBKE BUCHNER. "DIE GOTTESGABE DES WORTES UND DES GEDANKENS". KUNST UND RELIGION IN DEN 129 131 FRUHEN ESSAYS THOMAS MANNS. 134 TOBIAS HOCHSCHERF, CHRISTOPH LAUCHT, ANDREW PLOWMAN (EDS). DIVIDED, BUT NOT DISCONNECTED: GERMAN EXPERIENCES OF 1HE COLD WAR 137 JULIAN PREECE, FRANK FINLAY AND SINEAD CROWE. RELIGION AND IDENTITY IN GERMANY TODAY: DOUBTERS, BELIEVERS, SEEKERS IN LITERATURE AND FILM MICHELLE MATTSON. MAPPING MORALITY IN POSTWAR GERMAN WOMEN'S FICTION: CHRISTA WOLF, 141 ]NGEBORG DREWITZ, AND GRETE WElL 146 JANA F. BRUNS. NAZI CINEMA'S NEW WOMEN 149 Vill INTERVIEWS ,;OBER GERMANISTIK UBERHAUPT IN DEN STAATEN UND IN JAPAN": EIN GESPRACH MIT RYOZO MAEDA 155 "WISSEN 1ST IMMER EINE FORM DES NICHTWISSENS, WOBEI DAS NICHT DAS GEGENTEIL VON WISSEN BEDEUTET" EIN INTERVIEW MIT DR. PETRA RENNEKE. 165 "WHAT INTRIGUES ME ABOUT LITERATURE ARE THE TENSIONS, THE CONFLICTS IN A GIVEN WORK": AN INTERVIEW WITH MONIKA SHAFI 172 CALLFORPAPERS 178 SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION 181 Focus on German Studies 18 lX X Focus on German Studies 18 xi FROM THE EDITOR F or eighteen years, the German Department at the University of Cincinnati has been fortunate enough to publish a successful graduate student journal. What began with a biannual edition of Focus on Literatur changed into an annual publication entitled Focus on German Studies with the new millennium. When I began my graduate work here at the University of Cincinnati, I knew I wanted to be a part of the journal, but I never imagined I would be editing it. I also had little notion of how challenging and rewarding an undertaking editing a journal could be. After many months of hard work and set-backs it is my pleasure to present this year's journal: Focus on German Studies, Volume 18, 2011. Thanks to the hard work of Marie Buesch our goal of making all of our previous volumes from 1994 to 2009 available electronically has been realized. Soon, the seventeenth volume as well as all forthcoming volumes, will be digitally available one year from the original publication date. It is our hope that by making Focus widely available, we will both further the publication's excellent reputation as a research journal and introduce it to more German Studies professionals. There is no doubt that Focus on German Studies has been and will continue to be an important professional outlet for graduate students from a wide variety of different backgrounds. This year we received over thirty submissions to our article coming. Articles, book reviews, and interviews came from places as far flung as Japan and as close to home as Columbus, OH. The three articles published in this volume reflect the diversity of the world of German Studies, including articles on the history of the SPD to reflections on Musil and Lukacs, to In go Schulze's post-Wende debut novel. I trust that you will find the articles interesting, thought­ provoking and informative. Additionally, the book review section will hopefully stir your curiosity about several new publications in both the primary as well as the secondary literature field. This year we have an exciting complement of seventeen book reviews, edited by Wes Jackson. In keeping with the theme from this past year's conference regarding generational differences in German culture xii (with an emphasis on the discourses surrounding the activists of the '68 generation), the selection of primary texts among the book reviews feature such novels as Thomas Hettche's Die Liebe der Vater and Alina Bronsky's Die schiirfsten Gerichte der tatarischen Kiiche. Both of these novels problematize the relationships of children with their parents-the intense need that children have of connecting to their fathers, as in Hettche's novel, but also of the dangers of getting too close to fathers who are limited socially by the laws of divorce , Bronsky' s Die schiirfsten Gerichte likewise tackles the generational problems within families, particularly from the female perspective. Her novel is the much anticipated follow-up to her remarkable debut Scherbenpark. In this nuanced story, Bronsky reflects on a grandmother's experience immigrating from Soviet Russia to Germany. Bronsky is concerned both with examining the roles of immigrant women in their families and in their surrounding societies, as well as with offering critiques of both Soviet Russia's and of Germany's methods of integrating immigrants into the larger cultures. In addition to these two generationally-themed texts, we are proud to present reviews of primary works by several other established authors such as Arno Surminski' s Winter Fiinfundvierzig oder die Frauen von Palmnicken, Claire Bergmann's novel, banned in Germany during the Nazi era, in a newly-translated edition, What Will Become of the Children?, Wilfried Meichtry's Hexenplatz und Morderstein: Die Geschichten aus dem magischen Pfynwald, and Eva Menasse's Liissliche Todsiinden. In the secondary literature, we chose to cover a variety of texts treating various new trends within German Studies. Jaime Fischer's and Barbara Mennel's collected volume of essays, Spatial Turns: Space, Place and Mobility in German Literary and Visual Culture attracted our attention, especially since it comes right on the heels of the rather ground -breaking text by Doris Bachmann-Medick: Cultural Turns. Fischer and Mennel include articles tackling the influence of major theorists such as Benjamin, Kracauer, Henri Lefebvre, and Edward W. Soja. The book attempts to provide a larger historical context to the German concerns of space, as well as integrating perspectives as to how newer technological developments influence our understanding of places. Gisa Weszkalnys' book, Berlin Alexanderplatz is another text dedicated to the spatial understanding of Berlin in light of post-Wende Focus on German Studies 18 X111 developments, as well as globalization themes. Weszkalnys' arguments take in to account how the respective worldviews and ideals of East and West Germany influenced their architectural styles. The book, according to Weszkalny, is an "ethnography of urban planning." In this study, she explores how the new unified Germany is seeking to build and shape the new Berlin into a Heimat that reflects the vision of a culturally and historically integrated city. In keeping with our interests in spatial theory, we also wanted to give attention to themes of performance: how do people act and live in these (sometimes) very new and changing places? The review of Religion and Identity in Germany Today: Doubters, Believers, Seekers in Literature and Film, edited by Julian Preece, Frank Finlay, and Sinead Crowe, provides an interesting overview to a topic that is steadily gaining more interest in theoretical circles. What does it mean to be Jewish, Muslim, or Christian in a Post-Modem, increasingly self-aware and globalized German context? The plurality of answers that accompany such questions is not only necessary to understand in the midst of twenty­ first century developments but, as Religion and Identity emphasizes, it is important to understand those identities apart from a purely political sphere. Likewise, the review for Michelle Mattson's book, Mapping Morality in Postwar German Women's Fiction: Christa Wolf, Ingeborg Drewitz, and Grete Wei/, presents a similar text that examines the roles of women in pre- and post-Wende Germany through a performative, theoretical lens. Connecting back to the theme of generational differences, Mattson's book is unique for highlighting how women in literature uniquely dealt with the German Vergangenheitsbewiiltigung process through the framework of familial relationships. Mattson chooses to focus on the ethical roles of women as caregivers within the works of Wolf, Drewitz, and Weil. The book-review section for this year's journal was particularly theory-heavy, but this is in part because of the new developments within the field of German Studies. Far from being monolithic or myopic in our outlook, the graduate students who contribute to Focus continue to show an eagerness to integrate diverse areas of study to an extraordinarily productive degree. We believe that the selection of reviews here is simply a further confirmation of that desire. XlV Editing a journal, no matter how small, is a big job. It is also an extremely rewarding experience that teaches you a great many things about our chosen profession. Aside from realizing truths, like editing a really tight, penultimate can sometimes be much more difficult than a second draft, I learned quite a bit about the quality of my colleagues. Beginning at just about the time I was to take over duties as editor of this volume, I was faced with some rather daunting personal issues that made my work all the more difficult. It is only through the hard work of last year'~ editor, Marie Buesch, and next year's co-editors, Wes Jackson and Vanessa Plumly, that there is a 2011 issue of Focus. I and Focus on German Studies as an organization are deeply in their debt. If you find mistakes in this journal, they are solely mine, however you will recognize the work of some really great human beings wherever this edition truly shines. Further, the faculty here in the Department of German Studies has always been our biggest supporter. I would be completely remiss if I did not thank our esteemed Department Head, Katharina Gerstenberger for both her guidance and her leniency whenever the situation called for it. Without Professor Gertsenerger, there would be no Focus on German Studies. This enterprise of a graduate student journal would not be possible without the help of experts in the field. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the evaluators from all over the world for their volunteered time and detailed comments on all articles, which appreciated both by every author, published and unpublished alike. The Focus on German Studies copy-editor team deserves special mention, as I have relied on their time, energy and expertise quite a lot. I would especially like to thank Alexandra Parks and Matthew Bauman for their never-failing willingness to make Focus a priority in their lives with a day's notice. I would like to thank Marie Buesch, W es Jackson, and Vanessa Plumly a final time. Without them, this journal would have faltered. Thank you again for your support. Joshua Arnold Focus on German Studies 18 XV img013 img014 img015 img016 img017 img018 img019 img020 img021 img022 img023 img024 img025 img026 img027 img028