Jenny Erpenbeck’s 2015 Gehen, ging, gegangen has largely been received as a novel meant to educate the German public about the current “refugee crisis” in Europe. This article argues that Erpenbeck’s text has a more complicated relationship to its own didactic potential. By situating Gehen, ging, gegangen within the history of didactic narrative as a genre, the article demonstrates how Erpenbeck’s novel borrows from typical didactic conventions, yet also questions the ability of literature to facilitate the political education of its readers.

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Jenny Erpenbeck 的 Gehen, Ging, Gegangen 矛盾的说教主义

Jenny Erpenbeck 2015 年的 Gehen, ging, gegangen 在很大程度上被认为是一部旨在教育德国公众了解欧洲当前“难民危机”的小说。本文认为，埃尔彭贝克的文本与其自身的教学潜力有着更复杂的关系。通过将 Gehen、ging、gegangen 置于教学叙事历史中作为一种体裁，本文展示了 Erpenbeck 的小说如何借鉴典型的教学惯例，同时也质疑文学促进读者政治教育的能力。