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Imperial descent: on the idea of origin and its function of ordering in modern Austrian literature
Christine Magerski
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
The article examines the ordering function of the concept of origin in a specific constellation: the post-imperial novel. Using the example of the literature of the so-called Habsburg myth, it asks what role the origin plays for authors whose geopolitical space of origin has disappeared at the time of their writing. What are the significant similarities and differences between the literary texts and biographical histories of post-imperial authors? And how do they correlate with the imperial as a comprehensive as well as a differentiated space of origin?
To answer these questions, Joseph Roth and Robert Musil are considered from the theoretical perspective of the literary field. As a first step, the concept of origin is clarified in terms of literary studies. The second and third steps turn to the literary texts and examine the ways in which the image of imperial origin is generated in Rothʼs Radetzkymarsch (The Radetzky March) and Musilʼs Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (The Man Without Qualities). The fourth and final step moves from the narratives to the authors by examining their disposition in search of a homology between the post-imperial novel and the geopolitical context of its origin.
Ključne riječi
the post-imperial novel; the empire; the Habsburgs; Joseph Roth; Robert Musil
Hrčak ID:
210857
URI
Datum izdavanja:
4.12.2018.
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