Literary texts have the potential to penetrate war and terror by overcoming divisive narratives, according to comparatist Dr. Dana Bönisch. In her thesis at the University of Bonn, she examined newer, largely unknown novels on 9/11 and the so-called “War on Terror.” She worked on literary examples that counteract a simplistic narrative of “Good versus Evil.” For her analyses, she also made extensive use of methods from visual and spatial theory, and in particular, from topology.