In this paper we will try to identify the literary and linguistic symbols of the fatal signs of death, focusing on the concept of "happy death" as a key concept in the literature of Dino Buzzati. The ...literature of this author passes from the traditional writing to the narrative forms of magical realism, and unfolds an imagination which shows how the reality of this world cannot be separated from the mystery of our daily existence. Also, we will analyse if there is a connection between Buzzati’s literary vision and the metaphysical debate on the existence of God. These research questions, aim to highlight the fact that the most obvious novelty of Dino Buzzati's literature should be summarized in the assessment that all the echoes of Death in his works are described with humor and self-irony, ranging from jokes to punitive and apocalyptic sarcasm. Death is shrouded in the allegory of the "receiving the call"; sooner or later it knocks on the door of every human being. Buzzati's literature is precisely the attainment of such a dimension, where art becomes sublime, and it is very hard to define clear lines, between the human existence and what happens after it.
"Wie ergeht es der Poesie in zunehmend prosaischen Zeiten? Georges Feltens Studie zur Literatur des deutschsprachigen Realismus liest das vielgestaltige Wechselverhältnis von Poesie und Prosa als ...Chiffre einer poetologischen Zerreißprobe. Von Theodor Storm und Gottfried Keller über Wilhelm Busch bis hin zu C. F. Meyer und Theodor Fontane gewährt sie damit ebenso überraschende wie exemplarische Einblicke in ein epochenkonstitutives Schreibmuster. Einerseits setzt sie die Dimension der Texte in ihr Recht, die in Einklang mit den programmrealistischen Forderungen nach poetisierender Verklärung, wohlgeordneter, abgerundeter Organizität und versöhnlich-humoristischem Ausgleich steht. Andererseits – und vor allem – zeigt sie aber auch, wie die prosaisch konnotierten Wissens- und Medienumbrüche der damaligen Zeit allen Einhegungs-, Überformungs- und Ausschlussbestrebungen zum Trotz in die Texte hineinwirken: Von ihrer marginalen Position aus unterlaufen sie die dominanten, auf Poetisierungseffekte abzielenden Ordnungsmuster und laden die Texte diskret – und doch beharrlich – mit unförmlich-grotesker Energie auf. Stets artikuliert sich im deutschsprachigen Realismus damit zumindest ansatzweise auch ein grundsätzlich anderer Poesie-Begriff: das, was, mit einem Wort von Fontane, seinen »Stich ins Moderne« ausmacht."
La trayectoria del matrimonio conformado por José Frau Ruiz y Margarita González Giraud se enmarca en el efervescente panorama artístico español de los años treinta del siglo XX. Durante esta década, ...ambos pintores comenzaron a exponer en los más relevantes certámenes nacionales e internacionales, convirtiéndose en representantes de vanguardia con su característico estilo moderno y lírico, próximo a los nuevos realismos que triunfaban en Europa. El presente artículo recoge su presencia en los catálogos, así como las múltiples menciones a sus obras en las crónicas artísticas de la época, para conformar un estudio basado en las fuentes sobre la entrelazada vida y obra de ambos artistas.
Magic Realist Cinema in East Central Europe explores the interlocking complexities of two liminal concepts: magic realism and East Central Europe. Each is a fascinating hybrid that resonates with ...dominant currents in contemporary thought on transnationalism, globalisation and regionalism.
Que désigne le réalisme ou plutôt les réalismes en littérature ? Appliqué à un moment précis de l’histoire littéraire ou à une intention de représentation fidèle de la réalité, il apparaît depuis le ...XIXe siècle comme une notion aussi intuitive que complexe.Les articles de ce volume reviennent ainsi sur les différentes théories du réalisme en littérature, du réalisme socialiste à la théorie anglo-saxonne de la littérature-monde, en passant par l’école de Francfort et la sociocritique. Interroger ces différentes approches du réalisme, c’est réaffirmer la justesse de ce concept tout en justifiant une approche résolument matérialiste : il s’avère en effet impossible de conceptualiser de façon opérante le réalisme sans conjointement prendre en compte un monde social à partir duquel la littérature est écrite et pensée.L’ouvrage se propose de tenter de cerner ses usages non pas dans toutes ses réalisations médiatiques mais dans le domaine littéraire: que désigne le réalisme ou plutôt les réalismes en littérature ?...
Existing scholarly discussions of theatrical realism have been predominantly limited to 19th-century European and Russian theater, with little attention paid to wider explorations and alternative ...definitions of the practice. Examining theater forms and artists from China, Japan, and Korea, Realisms in East Asian Performance brings together a group of theater historians to reconsider realism through the performing arts of East Asia. The book’s contributors emphasize trans-regional conversations and activate inter-Asian dialogues on theatrical production. Tracing historical trajectories, starting from premodern periods through today, the book seeks to understand realisms’ multiple origins, forms, and cultural significances, and examines their continuities, disruptions, and divergences. In its diversity of topics, geographic locations, and time periods, Realisms in East Asian Performance aims to globalize and de-center the dominant narratives surrounding realism in theater, and revise assumptions about the spectacular and theatrical forms of Asian performance. Understanding realism as a powerful representational style, chapters collectively reevaluate acts of representation on stage not just for East Asia, but for theater and performance studies more broadly.
Shows that wonder and wonders constituted a central theme in Greek culture from Homer to the Hellenistic period. Argues for its importance in discussions of the purpose of philosophy and literature ...and in expressions of the relationships between the human and the divine and between self and other.
Julio Cortazar's "Casa tomada", embodies Latin American magical realism through a mundane story about siblings sharing a large, ancestral home. As repressed dynamics emerge, however, a mysterious ...force steadily usurps rooms in the home until the siblings are expelled. This article examines "Casa tomada" through the psychoanalytic and literary understandings of the uncanny, as theorized by Sigmund Freud. By delving into the specific mechanisms of the uncanny present in Cortazar's short story, the essay concludes the concept is perfectly at home in the foundations of magical realism, thus highlighting how the concept and style work in tandem to maximize the unsettling effects of the text on the reader.
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