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Alfred Döblin is a theorist of German Expressionismus and of the epic novel. In "Berlin Alexanderplatz", he shows the theories of his essay "Der Bau des epischen Werks" ("The construction of the epic werk") in practice. The present paper analyses the following aspects of the novel: 1) the development of the plot, 2) the structure, 3) the language, 4) the function of time, 5) the space of the city, 6) the narrator, 7) the characters.
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".
Rezension zu Döblin, Alfred, Berlin Alexanderplatz. trad. Irene Aron. São Paulo: Martins, 2009.
Der Beitrag untersucht Polyglossie als eine Form der ästhetischen Polyphonie. Damit rücken die Aspekte der Vielstimmigkeit und Multiperspektivität in den Blick, poetologische Verfahren, die wesentlich die literarische Moderne des 20. Jahrhunderts prägen. Die zivilisatorische Moderne ist gekennzeichnet durch Dialogizität und Vielstimmigkeit, Dezentralisierung und Heterogenität, Simultanität und Interferenz. Über eine Ästhetik des Polyphonen re-lektieren literarische Texte so Merkmale einer modernen Lebens- und Erfahrungswelt, was anhand von Alfred Döblins modernem Großstadtepos "Berlin Alexanderplatz" veranschaulicht wird.