Der Großstadtroman der Weimarer Republik: Die Bedeutung der sinnlichen Wahrnehmung in Hans Falladas Roman ,,Wolf unter Wölfen'' (1937)
The big city novel about the Weimar Republic: The importance of the sensory perception in Hans Fallada’s novel ''Wolf among Wolves'' (1937)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine sensory spaces and how social unrest can be caused and strengthened through odours, sounds, and looks. The city of Berlin and the bodies of the characters Wolfgang Pagel, Petra Ledig, and Joachim von Prackwitz-Neulohe during the Weimar Republic, described in the novel ''Wolf unter Wölfen'' (1937) by Hans Fallada, are examples of sensory spaces. The analysis focuses on how life and behaviour of these three characters are influenced by different sensorial perceptions and how their physical and emotional relationships with themselves and their relationships with the other characters and with the city develop through their sensory relationship to the world. Ultimately, the paper aims at showing that the Weimar Republic could be considered as an intervening period in which unpleasant smells, noises and looks arise and accumulate. This contributes to a greater understanding of the social and political unrest during the Weimar Republic.

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