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In the early 1930s, literature turned increasingly to politics as an expression of writers’ renewed sense of responsibility towards society, whose developments needed to be closely observed at that point in time. As Lion Feuchtwanger notes, literature began to “address content that shed light on war, revolution, and increased technology. […] What writers and readers are looking for is […]: Life of the time made vivid, presented in a plausible form. The erotic moves to the periphery, the sociological, economic, and political to the center”. The demand is no longer for entertaining fiction, but for literature that informs and reflects on social processes, mutations, and issues. Going beyond Feuchtwanger’s documentary, thought-provoking intentions, Alfred Döblin calls for active engagement and militantism in his essay “Art is not free, but effective: ars militans” (1929): “We want to be effective and therefore we have the right to punishment”.

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Contemporary Political Literature Between Artistic Freedom (Article 5 (3)(1) German Basic Law) and the Author’s Ethical Responsibility: An Investigation Using the Example of Juli Zeh’s Novels the Method and Über Menschen

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    2026年

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  • Alexandra Juster

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In the early 1930s, literature turned increasingly to politics as an expression of writers’ renewed sense of responsibility towards society, whose developments needed to be closely observed at that point in time. As Lion Feuchtwanger notes, literature began to “address content that shed light on war, revolution, and increased technology. […] What writers and readers are looking for is […]: Life of the time made vivid, presented in a plausible form. The erotic moves to the periphery, the sociological, economic, and political to the center”. The demand is no longer for entertaining fiction, but for literature that informs and reflects on social processes, mutations, and issues. Going beyond Feuchtwanger’s documentary, thought-provoking intentions, Alfred Döblin calls for active engagement and militantism in his essay “Art is not free, but effective: ars militans” (1929): “We want to be effective and therefore we have the right to punishment”.