Publication details
Sühnopfer und Selbstopferung in der völkisch orientierten Literatur an Beispielen von Romanen Guido Lists und Felix Dahns
| Title in English | Atonement and self-sacrifice in völkisch oriented literature using examples from novels by Guido List and Felix Dahn |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
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| Web | Celý text |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/b19951 |
| Keywords | völkisch movement, professorial novel, violence in literature, Guido List, Felix Dahn |
| Description | Self-sacrifice, atonement and heroic death represent fixed topoi of the Germanic world view, which were adopted and further developed by the ethnically oriented authors of the late 19th century following the ideas about the culture of the old Germans that had been passed down for centuries. The topoi mentioned played a central role in the literary attempts of the Völkische, in which the corresponding scenes were often portrayed with pathos and sadism. Sadism and expressive detailed descriptions of violence are characteristic of völkisch historical novels written at the end of the 19th century. Does this have something to do with the hybrid nature of the genre – the historical novel? Or maybe with the integration of the elements of the colportage literature of the time? Or are the reasons more to be found in the psychological disposition of the authors? This article examines the role and function of the descriptions of violence in the texts of the so-called professorial novels and the ethnically oriented literature of the late 19th century. |