“Literature in a Bottle”: The Reception of Paul Celan and Jizchak Katzenelson in Korea
“Literature in a Bottle”: The Reception of Paul Celan and Jizchak Katzenelson in Korea

Summary/Abstract: „Goethe´s concept of Weltliteratur which provides a headline for our field was essentially a kind of pacifism. However, looking back over the twentieth century, where international contacts have increased on an unprecedented scale, these contacts have not produced such a pacific idea. The twentieth century is stained by wars of terrible violence. Confronting the past and the present, trying to find a means mastering history through language became significant themes in literature. However, does literary language yet possess this power? Global capitalism accelerates not only production, but also waste and”[…]

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