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„Wenn mans zum ersten Mal hört, dann verchlüpft man automatisch.“ Eine Gratwanderung zwischen Sterbehelfer und Mörder. Essayistische Überlegungen zu Alices Reise in die Schweiz von Lukas Bärfuss
| Title in English | “When you hear it for the first time, you automatically get frightened.” A Tightrope Walk between Death Assistant and Murderer. An Essay on Alice‘s Trip to Switzerland by Lukas Bärfuss |
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/138933 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BBGN2018-S-8 |
| Keywords | Lukas Bärfuss; Alices Reise in die Schweiz; ethical issues; euthanasia in Switzerland |
| Description | This essay deals with the stage play “Alices Reise in die Schweiz” (Alice‘s trip to Switzerland) by Lukas Bärfuss, specifically focusing on the main character Gustav. There is a question raised whether he actually acts for purely ethical reasons, as he pretends, or whether something else is behind it. To formulate it more accurately: Is he as a suicide doctor tending to act like a murder? If so, where is the dividing line between these two positions? And how does it change the accustomed approach to the author Bärfuss who allegedly raises ethical issues without clearly taking sides? |
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