Schnitte, Einstiche, Öffnungen – Stichpunkte zu einer einschneidenden Literatur (Kleist, Büchner, Jahnn, Heiner Müller)
Schnitte, Einstiche, Öffnungen – Stichpunkte zu einer einschneidenden Literatur (Kleist, Büchner, Jahnn, Heiner Müller)
Author(s): Uwe SchütteSubject(s): German Literature, Studies in violence and power
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: 1800; XX century;crossing borders; affects; knife metaphor;violence
Summary/Abstract: This essay traces the tradition of what could be described as a poetics of the knife in German literature. Dealing with texts by writers from around 1800 until late twentieth century, examples of aesthetically extremist literature are being considered. What unites the various authors is that an emotionally charged language, as well as a transgressive desire to reveal the truth believed to be located inside the human body characterize their texts. Writing turns into a form of opening up of bodies which is why the texts examined feature bodies being violently attacked by knives.
Journal: Convivium. Germanistisches Jahrbuch Polen
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 19-43
- Page Count: 25
- Language: German
