„Besser Gas aus dem Westen als aus dem Osten. Kanada ist ein sympathischer Lieferant“ – Zur Verknüpfung des Topos der geteilten Werte mit aktuellen Narrativen des Energiedispositivs. Eine kleine empirische Studie

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Abstract This article seeks to clarify the discourse-analytical use of the terms topos and narrative using a corpus of German language press articles written about a visit of the German federal government to Canada in August 2022. Starting from the dominant topos of ‘shared values’, the question of how this topos was combined with other narratives is discussed, thus illustrating how the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine formed the basis for Germany's vision of an overall energy policy at that time. In addition to the empirical findings, fundamental considerations about the interplay of topoi and narratives are derived from the present study.