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| Original language | German |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Der Essay als Universalgattung des Zeitalters |
| Subtitle of host publication | Diskurse, Themen und Positionen zwischen Jahrhundertwende und Nachkriegszeit |
| Pages | 28-45 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9789004324060 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Amsterdamer Beitrage zur Neueren Germanistik |
|---|---|
| Volume | 88 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0304-6257 |
| ISSN (electronic) | 1875-726X |
Abstract
Essayism is a mode or methodology of writing that crosses the boundaries between modern discourses and genres, thematizing the construction of the text itself, particularly with regard to narration, fictionality, medium and discourse. The term,metatext‘is suggested as a descriptive category, as it comments the connection between texts and their own inherent commentary structure, for the oscillation between narration and reflection, fiction and reality is constitutive of the essay as a self-reflection of modernity. As an example of the essay as fictional text, Robert Musil’s essay Über Robert Musils Bücher (1913) will be analyzed in connection with figurative and referential double-structures.
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- Social Sciences(all)
- Cultural Studies
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- History
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Language and Linguistics
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Literature and Literary Theory
- Social Sciences(all)
- Linguistics and Language
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Der Essay als Universalgattung des Zeitalters: Diskurse, Themen und Positionen zwischen Jahrhundertwende und Nachkriegszeit. 2016. p. 28-45 (Amsterdamer Beitrage zur Neueren Germanistik; Vol. 88).
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