Dr Simon Ward simon.ward2@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Ästhetischer Radikalismus in der Posthistoire. Zum literarischen Bild der Geschichte in Reinhard Jirgls Hundsnächte
Ward, Simon
Authors
Contributors
David Clarke
Editor
Arne De Winde
Editor
Abstract
This chapter constitutes a socio-semiotic investigation of the representation of three topoi – the ruin, the railway and the desert – in Reinhard Jirgl's novel Hundsnächte. The analysis highlights Jirgl's diagnosis of a 'posthistorical' society, which links back to the mood that dominated his earliest texts written in the GDR. Identifying some of the cultural determinants of Jirgl's 'posthistorical' literary aesthetic, such as Nietzsche, it shows how his post-unification engagement with the GDR past and the German present is to be read within a 'Zivilisationskritik' that is rooted in posthistorical analyses of society. The chapter concludes by historicising Jirgl's literary strategies through demonstrating affinities with the 'aesthetic radicalism' of Wolfgang Koeppen in his 'posthistorical' diagnosis of the state of the nascent Federal Republic in the 1950s.
Citation
Ward, S. (2007). Ästhetischer Radikalismus in der Posthistoire. Zum literarischen Bild der Geschichte in Reinhard Jirgls Hundsnächte. In D. Clarke, & A. De Winde (Eds.), Reinhard Jirgl : Perspektiven, Lesarten, Kontexte (151-177). Rodopi
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2007 |
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Deposit Date | Jan 13, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | May 8, 2015 |
Pages | 151-177 |
Series Title | German monitor |
Book Title | Reinhard Jirgl : Perspektiven, Lesarten, Kontexte. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1650106 |
Publisher URL | http://www.brill.com/products/book/reinhard-jirgl |
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