Zwischen Fiktion und Historiographie. Historisches Erzählen und die Krise der Identität in Leo Perutz‘ (nicht)historischem Roman Turlupin
Between Fiction and Historiography. Historical Writing and the Crisis of Identity in Leo Perutz’ (Non)Historical Novel Turlupin

Summary/Abstract: After World War I the historical novel experienced a big boom in Austria. Especially thevölkisch-national authors elaborated a lot of history books in which the deeds of the Heroesof world history were portrayed. The intention of those novels was to nourish the base forthe arrival of a Führer. In his historical novel Turlupin, Leo Perutz drafted a counter-modelto the pathetic topos of those books. On the level of the plot and the narration techniques,in this seemingly conventional historical novel Turlupin, Perutz discussed the crisis ofidentity and by doing this he engaged in the manifold discourses of his time.

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