The book "Texterklärung" is aimed at students at the C2 level who are interested in literature. It contains 15 interesting excerpts from contemporary German literature. Each text is accompanied by content questions and vocabulary comprehension.

The selection of excerpts was made with regard to the relevance of the themes and the language style, aiming to provide the reader with as complete a picture as possible of German literature (Federal Republic of Germany, German Democratic Republic, Austria, Switzerland) after 1945.