englischDepressive (anti-)heroes populate the current French literary landscape to a significant extent. In this study, such characters are located philologically, and paradigmatic texts by Philippe Labro, Antoine Sénanque, Philippe Delerm, Édouard Levé, Michel Houellebecq and Thierry Beinstingel [...]
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englischThis study focuses on both E.T.A. Hoffmann’s narrative procedure and analysing certain linguistic figurations in his work; these analyses take the form of exemplary case studies with regard to the aesthetics of literary production. The author terms this Hoffmann’s ‘perspectival ambiguities’, [...]
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englischThis study focuses on both E.T.A. Hoffmann’s narrative procedure and analysing certain linguistic figurations in his work; these analyses take the form of exemplary case studies with regard to the aesthetics of literary production. The author terms this Hoffmann’s ‘perspectival ambiguities’, [...]
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englischThinking about time in drama has a long tradition. However, in previous studies time has primarily been considered a dramaturgical variable. This study takes on a broader approach to the concept of time, examining typical modern time phenomena and experiences, such as acceleration, [...]
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englischIn this book, the author examines literature that portrays accidents, an aesthetic genre whose notable examples extend beyond texts by famous authors like Franz Kafka and Robert Musil. Technical disasters have provoked the collective imagination since the 19th century because of the new [...]
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englischThis book contains the papers on the topic of »Women and the Image of Women in Antiquity« which were presented at the summer academy organised by the Ministry of Culture for Baden-Württemberg. These contributions examine the aforementioned subject from literary studies, historical, [...]
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englischIn this book, the author examines literature that portrays accidents, an aesthetic genre whose notable examples extend beyond texts by famous authors like Franz Kafka and Robert Musil. Technical disasters have provoked the collective imagination since the 19th century because of the new [...]
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englischThinking about time in drama has a long tradition. However, in previous studies time has primarily been considered a dramaturgical variable. This study takes on a broader approach to the concept of time, examining typical modern time phenomena and experiences, such as acceleration, [...]
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englischThis book contains the papers on the topic of »Women and the Image of Women in Antiquity« which were presented at the summer academy organised by the Ministry of Culture for Baden-Württemberg. These contributions examine the aforementioned subject from literary studies, historical, [...]
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