Love narratives in contemporary German literature since 1990

对当代德国文学中爱情的研究将使我们更深入地了解我们在欧洲主要贸易伙伴之一的亲密关系，因为它经历了一段经济不确定和社会变革的时期。它将增强我们对个人以及西方传统民族文学应对全球化挑战的各种方式的理解。通过研究现代爱情的语义，以及当代欧洲文化中爱情对社会不同部分（友谊、激情、婚姻、性等）的意义，这个项目将有助于澳大利亚人理解爱情的意义是如何随着时间的推移而演变的。

This study of love in contemporary German literature will lead to deeper insights into intimacy in one of our major European trading partners, as it undergoes a period of economic uncertainty and social change. It will enhance our understanding of the varied ways in which individuals, as well as national literatures in the western tradition, respond to the challenges of globalization. Through examining the semantics of modern love and what love means to different sections of society (friendship, passion, marriage, sex etc.) in a contemporary European culture that bears many similarities to our own, this project will bring benefits to Australians' understanding of how the meaning of love evolves over time.