„[...] Едно пътуване [...], което не бе завръщане“ За структурата на паметта в „Гласовете от Маракеш“ (1967) на Елиас Канети

Author(s): Matjaž Birk / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

Die Stimmen von Marrakesch (1967) is one of the characteristic texts produced by Bulgarian-born Austrian writer and Nobel prize winner Elias Canetti. On the one hand, his Aufzeichnungen nach einer Reise (A Record of a Visit) lays the foundations of the aphoristic style of his multi-volume “records”, and, on the other hand, is imbedded in the European tradition of travel writing as a genre dedicated to memoir culture. The paper traces the rhetoric of memory as a narrative principle, unifying the impressions of the traveller as a by-standing observer of the real journey, his reflections on the stories further developed in his imagination and his rhetorical devices for the articulation of universal human ideas.

За естетическите стратегии в немската литература

Author(s): Ralitsa Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2013

Phraseologische Strukturen in Hermann Kinders autobiografischer Krankheitserzählung „Der Weg allen Fleisches“ (2014)

Author(s): Christian Thienel / Language(s): German Issue: 73/2020

Hermann Kinder’s novel contains a conspicuous number of phraseological elements, which is unusual for the writing style of this author. The article describes the accumulation of phraseological and idiomatic material and its usage as a literary stylistic resource. The analysis focuses on the relation of the linguistic appearance and the aesthetic function of the phraseologisms. Therefore, the article intends to contribute to an interdisciplinary method of interpretation, linking linguistic and literary studies. It also includes psychoanalytic concepts to describe the author’s specific linguistic expression of his autobiographical experience of illness. The aesthetic function of the phraseologisms and idiomatic phrases changes in relation to the novel’s progress. In the beginning, collocations increase the cohesion of the text in order to create an image of health. When the disease becomes more and more evident, the emotional affection of the protagonist is being controlled by formulistic linguistic elements. In addition, the author unmasks the pragmatic automatism of the medical language and the failure of its empathetic function by ironically evoking the ambiguity of idiomatic phrases. As a contrast, the narrator refers back to a comforting symbolic language by using linguistic patterns of fairy tales as an imitation of phraseological components. As a result, the analysis indicates that the inclusion of phraseological material in this literary pathobiography seems to provide a linguistic space of shelter for the suffering protagonist.

AN ABSENT TEXT OF A CIVILISED LITERARY MAN. ON THOMAS MANN’S REFLECTIONS OF A NON-POLITICAL MAN

Author(s): Wojciech Kunicki / Language(s): English Issue: 72/2021

In this paper the author tries to answer the question of what factors caused the great German author Thomas Mann to accept the official goals of World War I by focusing on his Reflections of a Non-political Man. It also discusses Thomas Mann’s disagreements with his brother Heinrich Mann and his polemics with the ideas specific to the mainstream liberal thinking. Additionally, the article considers the context of the Polish reception of Thomas Mann. The author also discusses the problem of the topicality of the writer‘s attitude.

Der historiographische Spezialdiskurs der Ereignisse aus der NS-Zeit in Eva Umlaufs interdiskursiver Autobiographie

Author(s): Ján Jambor / Language(s): German Issue: 4/2021

This contribution deals with Die Nummer auf deinem Unterarm ist blau wie deine Augen. Erinnerungen (The number on your forearm is blue like your eyes. Memories, 2016) by the Jewish-German author and psychotherapist Eva Umlauf (born in Nováky, Slovakia, in 1942, she emigrated to Munich in 1967). Its objective is to follow some of the clear traces of interdiscursive communication in the text and to point out how a personal life story became a multi-layered autobiography. In the first part, the originating points of literary theory are outlined and the structure of the work and its interdiscursive dimensions are presented. The second part deals with the incorporation of knowledge of historiographical discourse, exemplified by the events of the Nazi era (including her birth in the labor camp for Jewsin Nováky and her internment in the Auschwitz concentration camp 1944–1945).

РАСКРСНИЦЕ СУСРЕТАЊА И СЕЋАЊА: ПАРИЗ–БЕОГРАД–БЕРЛИН

Author(s): Katarina V. Melić,Milena R. Nešić Pavković / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 75/2021

O ПРОНАЂЕНОМ И ИЗГУБЉЕНОМ СЕЋАЊУ И ИДЕНТИТЕТУ У РОМАНУ „АУСТЕРЛИЦ“ ВИНФРИДА ГЕОРГА ЗЕБАЛДА

Author(s): Emilija P. Mančić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 75/2021

Der Zusammenhang von Erinnerung und Identität ist ein zentrales Thema in den zeitgenössischen literatur- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Diskussionen. In An- lehnung an theoretische und methodische Ansätze, die vor allem Astrid Erll, Marion Gymnich und Ansgar Nünning im deutschsprachigen Raum vertreten, ist das Ziel dieser Arbeit, am Beispiel von W. G. Sebalds Roman Austerlitz (2001) die Möglichkeit der Literatur aufzuzeigen, die unterschiedlichen (Erinnerungs-) Medien zusammenführt. Literatur generiert Erinnerungsräume die auf komplexe Weise lesbar werden und plädiert somit für eine vielseitige Erinnerungspraxis. Dabei wird die Unzulänglichkeit der Möglichkeiten einer Nacherinnerung im Roman eine zentrale Rolle zukommen. Die Untersuchung verweist auf verschiedene Verfahrensweise des Textes, in dem kein Medium für sich allein steht und in dem Formen der Zeugenschaft thematisch und problematisch werden. Auf dieser Weise werden die begrenzten Möglichkeiten der narrativen Übertragung der traumatischen Vergangenheit aufgezeigt

ФИГУРА МАЈКЕ У РОМАНУ „УЖАС ПРАЗНИНЕ“ ПЕТЕРА ХАНДКЕА

Author(s): Nataša M. Cicvarić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 76/2021

Peter Handke is a multi-award winning Austrian author, one of the most famous authors in German language; the writer who has a great influence on contemporary world literature. In this work the attention is on the novel A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (1972), that is the mother’s figure as a central charachter in the novel. The aim of this paper is also the analysis of traumatic experience in mother’s life in the novel A Sorrow Beyond Dreams. Thematic concepts were observed and realized through the mother’s figure and some histrorical and socio-political circumstances that led to the mother’s suicide are highlighted. In that context the cyclic structure of the novel is noticed. That structure is framed by birth and death motives. The main coclusions are concered with the cause of the mother’s suicide which was interpreted in two ways: as a resignation or an attempt of resistance. Repression of emotions that is repressively imposed is portraid on mother’s body, so the body is interpreted as the text itself which severs us to understand her trauma. These traumas were connected with the consequences of the Second World War and interpreted in the context of Freud’s psychoanalysis.

Exil interior, disidenţă, nostalgie. Dinspre John Neubauer spre Svetlana Boym

Author(s): Dumitru-Mircea Buda / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 19/2015

The article discusses the concepts of interior exile, dissidence and nostalgia starting from the ideas of John Neubauer, attempting to draw similarities and typologies in the larger picture of 20th century European political and cultural immigration. The cases of Central-East European writers such as Thomas Mann, Frank Thiess, Imre Kertesz or Ferenc Fejto or the Russians Victor Şklovsky and Joseph Brodsky (offered as examples by Svetlana Boym) are considered relevant.

ФИЛОСОФСКО-ЕСТЕТИЧЕСКИЕ СТРУКТУРЫ А. ШОПЕНГАУЭРА В ТВОРЧЕСТВЕ М. ЭМИНЕСКУ И РУССКИХ НЕОРОМАНТИКОВ

Author(s): Virgil Şoptereanu / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2002

„Чарующее действие” философско-эстетических идей A. Шопенгауэра, сделавших его „самым популярным и влиятельным писателем” конца XIX века (1), испытали на себя многие художники слова. Можно было бы сказать, что „популярным и влиятельным” был Шопенгауэр и в кружке румынских писателей „Жунимя” („Junimea”, 1863 - 1916), основатель которого, Титу Майореску, перевёл на румынский язык в 1876 году Афоризмы о мудрости в жизни немецкого философа. С „Жунимя” был связан и М. Эминеску, ряд произведений которого был напечатан в литературном органе этого кружка „Конворбирь литераре” („Convorbiri literare” - „Литературные беседы”). Более того, Титу Майореску принадлежит высказывание о том, что поэт „был убеждённым приверженцем Шопенгауэра” (2).

Odhumanizowanie jednostki i demontaż wartości w „Oleju” Lukasa Bärfussa

Author(s): Justyna Kłopotowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 44/2022

This article aims to show the dehumanization of the individual and the dismantlement of values as depicted in Lukas Barfuss’ play, entitled Oil. These processes are inextricably linked with an unbridled lust for money that ultimately leads to tragedy. Starting with a reference to ancient energy and moving through the (post)colonial relations and the knowledge-power dyad, as theorised by Michel Foucault, a possible interpretation of Barfuss’ work is presented.

Die Welt auf zwölf Quadratmetern. Weltflüchtige, Hausmenschen und moderne Einsiedler im Spiegel der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur. Ein Überblick

Author(s): Monika Blidy / Language(s): German Issue: 6/2022

This paper attempts to provide an overview of new motifs, protagonists and concepts in literary works conceived as aesthetic representations of various models of social withdrawal and isolation. To illuminate the social context, sustainable lifestyles and trends that emerged at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries (homing, cocooning, hikikomori syndrome) were used and interpreted as counter-designs to the social changes brought about by globalisation and digitalisation.

Baltisaksa kirjanduse retseptsioon XX sajandil

Author(s): Reet Bender,Michael Garleff / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 06/2014

2013. aasta sügisel 8.−10. novembrini toimus Saksamaal Lüneburgis asuvas baltisaksa arhiivis ja kultuurikeskuses, Carl Schirreni Seltsis (Carl-Schirren-Gesellschaft – CSG) 25. Balti seminar. Nimetatud seminare hakati veerandsada aastat tagasi korraldama (balti)-saksa, eesti ja läti teadlaste ühise foorumina. Baltisaksa kirjandus on Balti seminaride teemaks olnud ka varem: nii käsitleti 1995. aasta seminaril baltisaksa, eesti ja läti kirjandussuhteid. Viimatisel seminaril keskenduti aga baltisaksa kirjanduse retseptsioonile − nii tagasivaateliselt kui ka tänasel päeval. Põhjuseks asjaolu, et viimasel ajal on täheldatav teatav huvi kasv baltisaksa kirjanduse vastu nii Balti riikides kui ka Saksamaal, millest annavad tunnistust nii teadusüritused, tõlked kui ka üldisem huvi baltisaksa autorite vastu. Kolm päeva kestnud seminaril CSG asupaigas Brömsehaus’is – XIV sajandist pärinevas kaupmehemajas – astusid rohkem kui 60-liikmelise kuulajaskonna ees üles 13 esinejat Saksamaalt, Lätist ja Eestist.

Lühidalt

Author(s): Johanna Ross,Brita Melts,Mall Jõgi / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 05/2016

Reviews of: Slavica Revalensia. I. Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2014. 220 lk. Slavica Revalensia. II. Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2015. 232 lk. Leonhard Lapin. Olejad ja minejad. Mälestusi ja mõtisklusi. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2015. 208 lk. „Kuhu me siis läheme? – Eks ikka koju.” Sajandivahetus saksa kirjanduses 200 aastat tagasi. Goethe. Schiller. Tieck. Kleist. Hoffmann. Eichendorff. Büchner. Novalis. Hegel (Schelling?, Hölderlin?). Schlegel. Saksa keelest valinud ja tõlkinud Mati Sirkel. Saatesõna kirjutanud Ilmar Vene. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2015. 510 lk. Eda Ahi, Kärt Hellerma, Kätlin Kaldmaa, Maarja Kangro, Tiina Ann Kirss, Veronika Kivisilla, Helga Nõu, Carolina Pihelgas, Anu Saluäär, Jelena Skulskaja, Triin Soomets, Elin Toona, Elo Viiding. Kolmteist Eesti kirja. Loomingu Raamatukogu 2016, nr 1. 80 lk. Alexander Genis. Lugemistunnid: raamatusõbra kamasuutra. Tlk Toomas Kall. Loomingu Raamatukogu 2016, nr 2-5. 223 lk. Gennadi Muravin. Ebatsensuursed juhtumid. Sekeldused eesti raamatutega Nõukogude ajal. Kirjanduslikud meenutused. Tlk Toomas Huik. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2016. 371 lk.

Carola Neher — zapomniana ofiara Wielkiego Terroru

Author(s): Aurelia Kotkiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 32/2022

Aurelia Kotkiewicz’s article is devoted to the tragic story of Carola Neher’s life. Carola Neher was an extraordinary German actress and a close associate of Bertolt Brecht. In the 1930s, she escaped from the Nazi regime to the Soviet Union, there to become one of the victims of the Great Terror. The fate of Carola Neher was the inspiration for an exhibition put up by the International Memorial Society in 2017 called “Carola Neher’s Theater of Life” and for the theatrical spectacle Memoria, staged by the Меyerhold Center in Moscow and directed by Anastasia Patlai.

SYLVIE GERMAIN ET PAUL CELAN. PERSPECTIVES SUR LA JUDEITE DANS LE ROMAN GERMANIEN

Author(s): Roxana Maximilean / Language(s): French Issue: 16/2019

Our work focuses on the relationship between Sylvie Germain's novel Magnus and a poem she chooses to insert inside the book, Paul Celan's Death Fugue. John Felstiner, one of the most important critics of the poet considers the poem as the Guernica of the post-war European literature. We will try to distinguish the construction of a common theme that of the pain enveloped in the silence imposed by an absurd regime, the Holocaust. Even if she does not have Jewish origins, a part of Sylvie Germain’s books reveal the sensitivity of the writer for the victims of this catastrophe. The affirmation is reinforced by her preference for Paul Celan, a poet of Jewish origin and his Death Fugue, the poem he dedicates to his mother who died in an extermination camp. Magnus is also one of those books that sketch this dark period of history, illustrating the fate of a boy who was rendered to silence and amnesia by the violent loss of his mother during a bombardment. Our paper aims to identify the motivation of the choice of the poem, how the poem is inserted inside the novel, and its role in understanding the entire book. Then, we will analyze the problem of the silence displayed by the divinity towards Evil in the world, a recurring theme in Sylvie Germain’s work, and the evil figures constructed in the concerned novel.

მნემონიური ნარატივის ნაციონალური მოდელები: XX საუკუნე ნინო ხარატიშვილის ერთი რომანის მიხედვით

Author(s): Mariam Miresashvili / Language(s): Georgian Issue: 4/2022

The phenomenon of mnemonic narrative represents one of the poetic principles of novel art. In the process of arranging artistic integrity, the mimesis of memory and recollection can be considered as one of the leading principles of narrative, which, in turn, is related to the presentation of the existing reality, the inner world of the literary subject, the artistic perception of memories and the authorial concept. A characteristic feature of the mnemonic narrative method is the emphasis on the authenticity of the artistic expression, while the goal is to show the process of searching for the truth in the past by a literary hero. This way a sense of distance is created in the consciousness of the literary subject / narrator towards his past experience; also readiness of the protagonist / narrator to reconsider the events of the past from the perspective of the existing reality / current events. In this light, we analyze the epic novel "Eighth Life (Brilka)" by the German-speaking Georgian writer Nino Kharatishvili (2014), which we consider to be a successful attempt to present a panoramic picture of the history of the 20th century Georgia. Mnemonic narrative on the contradictory nature of the Soviet mentality and traumatic memory, projecting on the solution of modern problems by recalling the painful past, breaking of the Soviet Empire and the stereotypes that have defined the ideological consciousness of the Georgian people for decades, breaking the bond between the generations - this is the incomplete list of problems in Nino Kharatishvili's family saga, which describes the vicissitudes of life of seven members of Jashi family. From the perspective of traumatic memory, the protagonist of the novel tries to understand when and under whose influence the unwavering aspiration for freedom was formed in the conditions of a totalitarian regime. Her narratives address the events of collective / cultural trauma, in the context of which she realizes the past of 20th century Georgia, recalls people who formed her moral orientations and played a role in her spiritual formation. The traumatic concepts of Soviet existence are clearly presented in the novel; it is illustrated that throughout the seventy years of the Bolshevik totalitarian regime (1921-1991), Georgian nation never tolerated its fate and maintained the spark of protest, which, along with the collective trauma, was passed down from generation to generation.

გივი მარგველაშვილის ,,კაპიტანი ვაკუში” (გოგლიმოგლის სემანტიკა და ონტოლოგიური სივრცის ანალიზი)

Author(s): Mari Simonishvili / Language(s): Georgian Issue: 3/2021

Givi Margvelashvili is a victim of two dictatorships, Nazism and Communism, he is a double emigrant, his multifaceted work is created on the border of two cultures, two different worldviews. He started writing at the age of 30, when after leaving the Saxenhausen concentration camp, he found himself in a completely foreign environment, in his historical homeland, and his aunt's family was connected to the old life with only German. "From the past, only language was selected for him, language was a living part of a deprived life, which no one could take away except time. At the same time, his memory and talent faced unprecedented resistance ”(Margvelashvili 2018: 216). On the one hand, the work on German-language literature, and on the other hand, the literary disagreement that Margvelashvili showed against the current regime, increasingly formed the basis for saying that "language and theme choose the writer" (emphasis added Naira Gelashvili) and not vice versa. "Captain Vakushi" is a text created in the early period of Givi Margvelashvili's work, it is autobiographical and is a genre of historical novel. The object of our attention this time is the first volume of this work. The writer tells us about the period, how Western culture digs into a number of peculiarities of Nazi existence and what is the current reality seen through the eyes of an immigrant. Obviously, Margvelashvili's style of play is preserved in this text as well, and the author often conveys the message grotesquely, with a kind of cynicism and allegory, with metaphorical charges. The excursion of the novel is led by a teenager Givi Margvelashvili, the principle of historicism is preserved, the facts are found for a real basis, the facts are conveyed ironically and the face of totalitarian regimes is identified by metaphorical subtexts.

MICHEL ESPAGNE, L’ambre et le fossile. Transferts germano-russes dans les sciences humaines, XIXe–XXe siècles

Author(s): Stéphanie Cirac / Language(s): Czech Issue: 02/2015

Review of: MICHEL ESPAGNE, L’ambre et le fossile. Transferts germano-russes dans les sciences humaines, XIXe–XXe siècles, Paris 2014, Armand Colin, 296 s., ISBN 978-2-200-29519-6.

NATURALISTIC SIMILARITIES IN ROMANIAN AND GERMAN LITERATURE

Author(s): Oana Carina Cîrcu (Crișan) / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 30/2022

The naturalist current has its origin in France and has developed throughout Europe. In terms of Romanian and German literature, the naturalism first appears in Germany and then in Romania. The similarities between the two literary manifestations are: family disasters, the city, the collective character, the environment, the decadence, the degeneration, reality fiction correspondence, the death, the representation of the female character, the heredity, the disease and the music.