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Die Nibelungenparodie, die, soweit uns bekannt ist, zuvor noch nicht publiziert wurde, ist in mehrfacher Hinsicht von besonderem Interesse: zum einen als ein literarisches Debüt einer weiblichen Autorin und angehenden jungen Wissenschaftlerin Ende der zwanziger Jahre des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, zum anderen als interessantes und aufschlussreiches Zeitzeugnis. So finden sich an mehreren Stellen Anzeichen einer Ironisierung des heroischen Männlichkeitsideals der Nibelungen und einer Entlarvung des germanischen Heldentums, parodistische Akzente, die zur aufkommenden Rassenideologie um 1930 markant quer liegen. Zugleich werden in augenzwinkernder Kontaktaufnahme mit dem Zuschauer bzw. Leser Elemente aus dem damaligen studentischen Leben wie der Besuch des Kleist-Seminars oder die beliebte Freizeitgestaltung mit Paddelbootausflügen auf der Lahn integriert, die einen Einblick in das damalige studentische Leben bieten. Im Text fungieren sie zudem als humoristische anachronistische Momente, die immer wieder zum Schmunzeln verführen. Darüber hinaus erweist sich die Nibelungenparodie als ein dichtes intertextuelles Gewebe mit zahlreichen Anspielungen, versteckten intertextuellen Referenzen und wörtlichen Zitaten aus den Opern Richard Wagners sowie Werken von Heinrich von Kleist, Adelbert von Chamisso und anderen Vertretern der klassisch-romantischen Tradition.
It is commonplace to assert that the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament is based on an androcentric position. Although critics have tried to introduce some sort of female empowerment by reassessing various biblical stories (cf. Savina Teubal, 1984), Genesis remains a man's realm with only a limited female perspective. The case of Dinah's rape by Shechem in Genesis 34 illustrates the marginality of womanhood in the biblical world and theology. The pericope tells us that, while the Israelites are settled near the Hivite city of Shechem in Canaan, Jacob's and Leah's daughter Dinah goes out of the Israelite camp. She is raped by Shechem, the prince of the eponymous city, who then abducts her and makes her one of his household. A deal is concluded by Jacob's sons and the Shechemites, according to which the situation can be made legitimate through marriage if the men of Shechem circumcise themselves. While the Shechemites are weak at er the surgery, the Israelites sack the city, kill all the males and take Dinah back.
Modern retellings of the Flood pericope (Genesis 6–8) depend on the age of the targeted audience. Writing for adults, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Brigitte Schär, Timothy Findley, and Anne Provoost ask whether universal annihilation can be justified. Their criticism of the divine notion that evil is universal and indiscriminate collective punishment is therefore justified, reveals values that are incompatible with those informing the original biblical narrative. However much modernity is aware that myths are symbolic, it apparently cannot assimilate their ethics without a critical reassessment. In this, modern writers rely on the realistic premises of modern novelistic narration. In contrast, modern retellings of the Flood story for children appear to be far more prepared to accept the ancient value system underlying the biblical narrative. Books for younger audiences seem to be much more comfortable with the notion of generalized evil and global punishment than works for adults. This becomes particularly striking in a number of picture books about Noah's ark. The narrative stance of writers ultimately depends on the way they perceive adulthood and childhood.
Siegfried Lenz's novel "Deutschstunde" is analyzed on the basis of work conducted by two American psychologists: Stanley Milgram and Lawrence Kohlberg. The concept of duty and obedience to authority are considered as social phenomena that go beyond personal disposition. The article uses Milgram's famous obedience experiment in order to consider the literary depiction of psychological processes underlying compliance with orders to commit reprehensible acts. A comparison is made between Jens Jepsen, the fictional obedient policeman in "Deutschstunde", and Paul Grueninger, a real policeman in wartime Switzerland, who refused to follow orders and saved many refugees at the Swiss-Austrian border.
This essay deals with two retellings of Genesis: Thomas Mann's "Joseph and his brothers" and Anita Diamant's "The red tent". Both authors note the presence of implicit pagan tendencies among the women of Jacob's clan (Gen 31:19; 35:2) and develop this subtext for their respective ideological purposes. Thomas Mann creates a dichotomy between the backwardness of the pagan female realm and the progressive nature of the monotheistically-oriented patriarchs. The path toward modern humanist values comes from the likes of Jacob and Joseph rather than Rachel and Leah in Mann's novel. Anita Diamant, on the other hand, adopts the opposite attitude, namely, that the paganism of Rachel, Leah, as well as other women in Jacob's family, is a humane and natural form of spirituality in contrast to the bloodthirsty Yahwism of Jacob and his sons. The latter point is illustrated by the sacking of Shechem. In order to question the patriarchal stance of the Old Testament Diamant reverses the key values informing the theology of the Bible. Thus, in "The red tent" Jacob's wives venerate the Ashera in particular. The latter constitutes a challenge to the stance of the Deuteronomic History where the cult of the Ashera is viewed as a key reason behind God's decision to let the Babylonians destroy the Southern Kingdom of Judah. And since Mann's novel upholds the patriarchal spirit of the biblical text, Diamant enters into debate with the continuity of female disempowerment which reaches all the way from Genesis to "Joseph and his brothers".
Am 12. Oktober 2007 wurde der Roman "ESRA" von Maxim Biller (erschienen 2003 bei Kiepenheuer & Witsch) durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht wegen der Verletzung der Menschenwürde einer darin zu erkennenden Frau endgültig verboten. Das hat zahlreiche Äußerungen der Art nach sich gezogen, dass nach solchen Maßstäben auch Goethes "Werther", Fontanes "Effi Briest", Thomas Manns "Buddenbrooks" und wer weiß welche Werke noch hätten verboten werden müssen. Gegen diese historisch unsinnigen Gleichsetzungen wendet sich der hier wiedergegebene Artikel.
Macunaíma : eine Rhapsodie
(2007)
During the first decades of the 20th century emerges a Brazilian artistic movement that aims to break with the cultural models imported from Europe. As a landmark one may cite the Week of Modern Art in São Paulo and Mário de Andrade as one of its main figures. His novel Macunaíma stands for one of the central pieces of modern Brazilian literature and was considered by Andrade as a literary rhapsody. This article aims to compare the formal elements of the rhapsody with the actual text written in 1928.
The parallel between the novels "Berlin Alexanderplatz" and "Grande Sertão: Veredas" was first drawn within the Brazilian literary criticism in a comment made by Davi Arrigucci Jr. With the intent of pursuing the discussion raised by the author, this article proposes a more detailed analysis of the elements which define both texts as representative works of the modern novel discourse. The analysis focuses on the movements which characterize the trajectories taken by the protagonists Franz Biberkopf and Riobaldo, with a view on the characters' transit in space, as well as emotionally, and also in regard to the transit that operates the narration within both novels. In this light, the article outlines the particularities which situate both novels within the tradition that associates them with the books "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre" and "L’Éducation Sentimentale".
Die Theaterstücke des kamerunischen Autors Kum'a Ndumbe III. sind erst seit einigen Jahren einem breiten deutschsprachigen Publikum zugänglich. Während er in Deutschland als Politologe durch seine Publikationen unter anderem zu deutscher Kolonialpolitik bekannt ist, fanden seine in deutscher Sprache zwischen 1967 und 1970 entstandenen Theaterstücke keine Beachtung bei deutschen Verlagen: „Ich schrieb mein letztes Theaterstück in deutscher Sprache im Jahre 1970. Dann hörte ich auf. Es war kein Echo da. Alle meine Versuche bei deutschen Verlegern blieben ohne Erfolg." Der mittlerweile in Lyon studierende Kum'a Ndumbe III. schrieb nun verstärkt auf französisch und veröffentlichte bei dem Verleger Jean Pierre Oswald, Paris in der Reihe Théâtre africain.
O presente artigo tem por objetivo apresentar uma amostra de pesquisas com a língua alemã nos trabalhos de grau da pós-graduação (nível de mestrado) envolvendo a tradução. Seguindo uma tradição que, na Universidade de São Paulo, remonta aos anos de 1960, tais trabalhos têm por objetivo apresentar a tradução de textos inéditos, acompanhados de notas e comentários, e – ao contrário dos trabalhos realizados àquela época – são ancorados numa perspectiva teórica dos Estudos da Tradução (Translation Studies na nomenclatura internacional). A partir de três relatos de pesquisas em andamento, procura-se revelar os bastidores do trabalho com os textos, bem como a fase de análise do texto a ser traduzido, que é pautada e aprofundada por leituras teóricas e realizada paralela e concomitantemente à fase de tradução propriamente dita. Esta última, empreendida em várias etapas, enfoca a cada vez uma dificuldade específica dos diferentes níveis da análise lingüística – e, dependendo do caso, também literária – e sugere a redação de notas, comentários e diferentes tentativas de reescritura. Ao final do processo, as notas e comentários são selecionados e relacionados com a perspectiva teórica, para que só então se processe a redação final da Dissertação, cuja diretriz é construída numa direção que vai da prática de traduzir para a reflexão.