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Generational novel as figuration of historical transitions. Arno Geiger’s \u27We Are Doing Fine\u27
Get PDFAssuming that the contemporary generational novel is a kind of reflection (Widerspiegelung) of historical transitions, which is remarkable first of all on the level of commercial reception (book covers, reviews inter alia), the aim of this essay is to examine the connections between the novel’s presentation of history and history itself. In the first part of the paper the terms of reflection, identity and example are proven useless to describe the problem of presentation of history in one single family’s fate. Its nature is figuration – a metaphorical approach depicted by Erich Auerbach in his Mimesis in respect of the Bible and religious writings up to the Renaissance. The second part of the paper focusses on Auerbach’s and his commentator’s conclusions in order to uncover the figurative potential of the generational novel. Its main figure seems to be the metonymy with the assumption of pars pro toto (a part taken for the whole). Here the family metaphorically reflects the course of history through one part of its possible realizations. It differs though from the former applications by the lack of religious reference. Thus the analysis in crowned by a new “secular” allegorization of historical image in generational novels crowns. Assuming that the contemporary generational novel is a kind of reflection (Widerspiegelung) of historical transitions, which is remarkable first of all on the level of commercial reception (book covers, reviews inter alia), the aim of this essay is to examine the connections between the novel’s presentation of history and history itself. In the first part of the paper the terms of reflection, identity and example are proven useless to describe the problem of presentation of history in one single family’s fate. Its nature is figuration – a metaphorical approach depicted by Erich Auerbach in his Mimesis in respect of the Bible and religious writings up to the Renaissance. The second part of the paper focusses on Auerbach’s and his commentator’s conclusions in order to uncover the figurative potential of the generational novel. Its main figure seems to be the metonymy with the assumption of pars pro toto (a part taken for the whole). Here the family metaphorically reflects the course of history through one part of its possible realizations. It differs though from the former applications by the lack of religious reference. Thus the analysis in crowned by a new “secular” allegorization of historical image in generational novels crowns
Germany as shipwreck: The “Robinson” trope in German diaries, 1943–1946
Get PDFDrawing on unpublished diaries from the period 1943–46, this article shows how the “Robinson” trope of shipwreck and survival provided German civilians with a language to describe the transition from National Socialism to a radically open and anxiety-producing future. The identification with Robinson and his story makes the writers into agentic protagonists, at the same time that the metaphor of the “island” reflects an ambiguous position of isolation. Excerpts from diaries show how the “Robinson” trope combines dichotomies crucial to this period of turmoil: civilization and the primitive, individual and society, victimhood and agency, and how diarists rework this language to explore their place in a changing world.Drawing on unpublished diaries from the period 1943–46, this article shows how the “Robinson” trope of shipwreck and survival provided German civilians with a language to describe the transition from National Socialism to a radically open and anxiety-producing future. The identification with Robinson and his story makes the writers into agentic protagonists, at the same time that the metaphor of the “island” reflects an ambiguous position of isolation. Excerpts from diaries show how the “Robinson” trope combines dichotomies crucial to this period of turmoil: civilization and the primitive, individual and society, victimhood and agency, and how diarists rework this language to explore their place in a changing world
„Mein Dank gilt in erster Linie meinem Doktorvater“ – Danksagungen aus linguistischer Perspektive
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Bergenroths „Croquis von Posen“ – gedankliche Spaziergänge durch die Stadt und ihre Geschichte
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Stanislaw Przybyszewski und der Schwarze-Ferkel-Kreis
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Zwischen Hauptstadt und mährischer Provinz. Jakob Julius Davids Erzählung „Die Hanna“ (1904)
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Deutsche und Polen dargestellt anhand ausgewählter Texte der Bromberger Ostmarkenautoren. Überlegungen zur Möglichkeit einer lokalen Identität der deutschen in der Region Bromberg um 1900
Get PDFDeutsche und Polen dargestellt anhand ausgewählter Texte der Bromberger Ostmarkenautoren. Überlegungen zur Möglichkeit einer lokalen Identität der deutschen in der Region Bromberg um 190
Image und Eigenimage. Horst Eckert in der Öffentlichkeit
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Anmerkungen zur Entzifferung der deutschen Kurrentschrift im Allgemeinen und bei Friedrich Schlegel im Besonderen
Get PDFAnmerkungen zur Entzifferung der deutschen Kurrentschrift im Allgemeinen und bei Friedrich Schlegel im Besondere
