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Temperatures of desire as conventional metaphors in the new adult romance novel
Get PDFThe paper focuses upon the latest adult romance novels that appeared after Fifty Shades of Grey, anal-yses their stylistic dimensions and argues with the essay Hard-Core Romance by Eva Illouz. At first the genre is defined, above all on the basis of its medial presence (chapter 1. Genre). Furthermore tempera-ture metaphors in two representative texts of the genre (E.L. James Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day Bared to You) are analyzed as stylistic (chapter 2. Conventional Temperature Metaphors) as well as rhetorical artifacts (chapter 3. Rhetoric of Metaphor). In conclusion the question of language in the novels and its usefulness in the task described by Illouz is raised (chapter 4. A New Love Order?). The new adult romance novel seems to be a conventional cultural text of little rhetorical power, thus unable to carry important social ideas.The paper focuses upon the latest adult romance novels that appeared after Fifty Shades of Grey, anal-yses their stylistic dimensions and argues with the essay Hard-Core Romance by Eva Illouz. At first the genre is defined, above all on the basis of its medial presence (chapter 1. Genre). Furthermore tempera-ture metaphors in two representative texts of the genre (E.L. James Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day Bared to You) are analyzed as stylistic (chapter 2. Conventional Temperature Metaphors) as well as rhetorical artifacts (chapter 3. Rhetoric of Metaphor). In conclusion the question of language in the novels and its usefulness in the task described by Illouz is raised (chapter 4. A New Love Order?). The new adult romance novel seems to be a conventional cultural text of little rhetorical power, thus unable to carry important social ideas
Body and Temperature: Configurations of Colonial Desire in Contemporary German Literature
Get PDFThe central argument of this essay is gathered from two historical novels published around same time and revolving around the same historical figure August Engelhardt. High temperature, in particular the tropical heat finds its metaphorical expression in the sun and then the fever as two prototypical colonial phantasies and/or fears and weaves the narrative around the temperature driven intricacies. Marc Buhls Das Paradies des August Engelhardt (2011) and Christian Krachts Imperium (2012) form the primary sources for the discussion within the topic of colonial desire with reference to the temperature as a significant indicator of either appreciation or devaluation underlining the colonial mentality. My paper concentrates on the overlapping sites within German speaking literature from post-colonial perspective. Along with the works of Marc Buhl and Christian Kracht, I cursorily touch upon Ilija Trojanows novel Der Weltensammler (2006), since it deals with the figure of a historical British colonial officer, Richard Francis Burton. The common thread running through all three works is not only the fact that they deal with scurrile biographies from the pages of colonial history in India and Africa, but that they develop the narrative on another common indicator – the Tropes and their Temperatures.The central argument of this essay is gathered from two historical novels published around same time and revolving around the same historical figure August Engelhardt. High temperature, in particular the tropical heat finds its metaphorical expression in the sun and then the fever as two prototypical colonial phantasies and/or fears and weaves the narrative around the temperature driven intricacies. Marc Buhls Das Paradies des August Engelhardt (2011) and Christian Krachts Imperium (2012) form the primary sources for the discussion within the topic of colonial desire with reference to the temperature as a significant indicator of either appreciation or devaluation underlining the colonial mentality. My paper concentrates on the overlapping sites within German speaking literature from post-colonial perspective. Along with the works of Marc Buhl and Christian Kracht, I cursorily touch upon Ilija Trojanows novel Der Weltensammler (2006), since it deals with the figure of a historical British colonial officer, Richard Francis Burton. The common thread running through all three works is not only the fact that they deal with scurrile biographies from the pages of colonial history in India and Africa, but that they develop the narrative on another common indicator – the Tropes and their Temperatures
Temperatures of Desire: 37.6 Degrees Celsius. The Thermometer in Thomas Mann’s Novel “The Magic Mountain”
Get PDFThe Magic Mountain (1924) relates an account of erotic passion. Both Hans Castorp’s emotional state and the object of his desire are characterised in a thermographic manner. The thermometer, which he buys (or, rather, acquires), is at once a Dingsymbol part of the discourse of desire and a real object common in tuberculosis sanatoria prior to the First World War. Castorp’s temperature of 37.6 degrees Celsius objectively quantifies his subjective sensibility. This specific constellation creates ironic dis-tance in the novel’s tale.The Magic Mountain (1924) relates an account of erotic passion. Both Hans Castorp’s emotional state and the object of his desire are characterised in a thermographic manner. The thermometer, which he buys (or, rather, acquires), is at once a Dingsymbol part of the discourse of desire and a real object common in tuberculosis sanatoria prior to the First World War. Castorp’s temperature of 37.6 degrees Celsius objectively quantifies his subjective sensibility. This specific constellation creates ironic dis-tance in the novel’s tale
Staying Cool. Love Discourses in Contemporary German Literature (Antje Rávic Strubel and Uwe Timm)
Get PDFMetaphors of “coldness“ have increased dramatically in our present time, as evidenced by the three texts to be examined. The two novels Unter Schnee (2001) and Kältere Schichten der Luft (2007) by Antje Rávic Strubel focus on (or: are concerned with) lesbian relationships and the unfulfilled dreams through ties between the sexes. The novel Vogelweide (2013) by Uwe Timm runs through various heterosexual couple-constellations, for which the author utilizes the foil of Goethe’s Affective Affinities. He is con-scious of the fact that the traditional marriage has lost its status as a role model. All characters in the novel are searching for a new “language of love,” but in their pursuit they relapse to those clichés, which they sought to escape. ‘Heat’ and ‘coldness’ turn out to be metaphors that have become obsolete a long time ago. They now produce dichotomies and narrow the love-discourse to meteorological sensibilities. The strong presence of sensations of coldness in all three novels nevertheless is still revealing. It can be read as a Symptom – to stay with the metaphors of the texts – for a ‘cooling-down’ of the relationship between the sexes.Metaphors of “coldness“ have increased dramatically in our present time, as evidenced by the three texts to be examined. The two novels Unter Schnee (2001) and Kältere Schichten der Luft (2007) by Antje Rávic Strubel focus on (or: are concerned with) lesbian relationships and the unfulfilled dreams through ties between the sexes. The novel Vogelweide (2013) by Uwe Timm runs through various heterosexual couple-constellations, for which the author utilizes the foil of Goethe’s Affective Affinities. He is con-scious of the fact that the traditional marriage has lost its status as a role model. All characters in the novel are searching for a new “language of love,” but in their pursuit they relapse to those clichés, which they sought to escape. ‘Heat’ and ‘coldness’ turn out to be metaphors that have become obsolete a long time ago. They now produce dichotomies and narrow the love-discourse to meteorological sensibilities. The strong presence of sensations of coldness in all three novels nevertheless is still revealing. It can be read as a Symptom – to stay with the metaphors of the texts – for a ‘cooling-down’ of the relationship between the sexes
Narrating intermediality – „Das Fräulein von Scuderi“ as Graphic Novel
Get PDFThe essay reflects on intermedial explorations of literary texts in the comics. Under the first heading, the essay briefly notes how the term ‘intermediality’ has been considered in the literary criticism and in comic studies. It then focusses on the analysis of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819), particularly on the reception and on the narrative structure of the text. Under the second heading, the essay explores the adaptation of Hoffmann’s text in the comic by Alexandra Kardinar and Volker Schlecht (2011). It argues that the adaptation highlights the ‘popular’ aspects of the literary text, using various devices of the language of comics.The essay reflects on intermedial explorations of literary texts in the comics. Under the first heading, the essay briefly notes how the term ‘intermediality’ has been considered in the literary criticism and in comic studies. It then focusses on the analysis of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819), particularly on the reception and on the narrative structure of the text. Under the second heading, the essay explores the adaptation of Hoffmann’s text in the comic by Alexandra Kardinar and Volker Schlecht (2011). It argues that the adaptation highlights the ‘popular’ aspects of the literary text, using various devices of the language of comics.
Making my fear run – Herta Müller’s collage-poetry and its polish translations
Get PDFHerta Müller, born in Rumania as a member of the German minority, began to create her collages after having immigrated to West Germany. Being heterogeneous combinations of words and pictorial ele-ments cut out from print media, the collages can be considered as an attempt to forge a link between west German culture and life in Rumania under the dictatorship of Ceauşescu. An important role in the articulation of autobiographical experience plays a specific rhythm, which is characterized by intermo-dality and criss-crossed words and pictorial elements. Rhythm not only renders experience – as to speak subcutaneously – apt to be communicated, deliberate ruptures of rhythm indicate the traumatizing ef-fects of past experiences and anxiety. The article analyses to what extent the polish translators Leszek Szaruga and Andrzej Kopacki take into account the structural complexity and intermediality of the collages. Herta Müller, born in Rumania as a member of the German minority, began to create her collages after having immigrated to West Germany. Being heterogeneous combinations of words and pictorial ele-ments cut out from print media, the collages can be considered as an attempt to forge a link between west German culture and life in Rumania under the dictatorship of Ceauşescu. An important role in the articulation of autobiographical experience plays a specific rhythm, which is characterized by intermo-dality and criss-crossed words and pictorial elements. Rhythm not only renders experience – as to speak subcutaneously – apt to be communicated, deliberate ruptures of rhythm indicate the traumatizing ef-fects of past experiences and anxiety. The article analyses to what extent the polish translators Leszek Szaruga and Andrzej Kopacki take into account the structural complexity and intermediality of the collages.
Innere Emigration versus Exilliteratur?: Aktuelle Forschungslage zur (Widerstands-)Literatur intra et extra Muros, Poznań, 26–28. September 2014
Get PDFPictures painted in words – about audio description fort the Visual Arts
Get PDFIn this paper I shall analyze the audio description for purposes of fine arts as a special form of a multi-modal text. With reference to theoretical linguistic concepts of picture as a semiotic sign with iconic but also prototypical function (as a mental picture) this paper shows the differences between visual and verbal signs and attempts to clarify the definition of multimodal competence and their significance for audio describing. On that grounds we examine empirically the selected problems of audiodescription related to composition to demonstrate the difficulties in bringing the visual and verbal components together in one text.In this paper I shall analyze the audio description for purposes of fine arts as a special form of a multi-modal text. With reference to theoretical linguistic concepts of picture as a semiotic sign with iconic but also prototypical function (as a mental picture) this paper shows the differences between visual and verbal signs and attempts to clarify the definition of multimodal competence and their significance for audio describing. On that grounds we examine empirically the selected problems of audiodescription related to composition to demonstrate the difficulties in bringing the visual and verbal components together in one text.
The translation of audio description as an alternative form of movie describing
Get PDFThis paper discusses the method of audio description as intralingustic and interlinguistic translation. It offers a contrastive analysis of the audio described scripts of the film Imagine of Andrzej Jakimowski in German and Polish, with a view on some of challenges that could arise when translating this type of text. After informations about creation of audio description and introduction of research in the field of the translation of existing audio descriptions, the paper suggests that similar conventions have evolved in German and Polish regarding both the content and expressions of ADs. These similarities are illustrated with reference to the German and Polish ADs for Imagine, which are analysed on the example of main characters and action places. This paper discusses the method of audio description as intralingustic and interlinguistic translation. It offers a contrastive analysis of the audio described scripts of the film Imagine of Andrzej Jakimowski in German and Polish, with a view on some of challenges that could arise when translating this type of text. After informations about creation of audio description and introduction of research in the field of the translation of existing audio descriptions, the paper suggests that similar conventions have evolved in German and Polish regarding both the content and expressions of ADs. These similarities are illustrated with reference to the German and Polish ADs for Imagine, which are analysed on the example of main characters and action places
