DIE SPIELKUNST MIT FIKTION UND WIRKLICHKEIT
IN DANIEL KEHLMANNS ROMAN
„DIE VERMESSUNG DER WELT“
THE ART GAME OF FICTION AND REALITY IN DANIEL KEHLMANN'S NOVEL "MEASURING THE WORLD"
Author(s): Olga KaiterSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: novel; artificiality; intricate/confusing game; reality; fiction; nature; consciousness;
Summary/Abstract: Is it fiction? Or is it reality? This seemingly trivial question receives in Daniel Kehlmann’s novel Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World) an unsuspected resonance. Two important historical figures are involved in the measurement of the world: the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauβ and the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. The measured world is a reality in which the mystery, the miracle, the incomprehensible and the unexplorable prevail. Based on various examples, the hereby article aims to illustrate the boundaries of the two worlds, the magic/fiction one and the reality one and to explore the conventions of fiction, while also seeking to stimulate the consciousness of the fictional world.
Journal: LIMBA ȘI LITERATURA – REPERE IDENTITARE ÎN CONTEXT EUROPEAN
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 192-199
- Page Count: 8
- Language: German