Comparative literary studies face new challenges today in a world marked by the migration of people, languages, ideas and texts. The essays in this volume investigate connections across diverse literary and linguistic cultures in Indian, German and other European literatures. This volume is the 2014 Yearbook of the Goethe Society of India.

The 2015 Yearbook of the Goethe Society of India explores the topic of genre. The collected essays consider genres that transgress convention, cross cultural boundaries, and expand and create new communicative spaces. Theoretical considerations of genre are complemented by case studies of science fiction, poetry, aphorism and more. This volume is the 2015 Yearbook of the Goethe Society of India.