“Können Toys träumen?”: Technological Animals and Their Survival in Contemporary Post-Apocalyptic German Fiction

Abstract

This article examines nonhuman animal interaction with technology in post-apocalyptic German fiction. Often overlooked, technologically enhanced animals, or animals whose bodies haveb een adapted with technology, display unique survival in post-apocalyptic situations. The twon ovels examinedi nt his article,D ietmarD ath's Die Abschaffung der Arten and Thomas vonSteinaecker's Verteidigung des Paradieses illustratetechnological animal survival and reframe how animals are vital subjects of studyasindependent agents.