Erzählen nach Darwin: Die Krise der Teleologie im literarischen Realismus: Friedrich Theodor Vischer und Gottfried Keller

Philip Ajouri

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Erzählen nach Darwin

Die Krise der Teleologie im literarischen Realismus: Friedrich Theodor Vischer und Gottfried Keller

Philip Ajouri

Language: German

Published/Copyright: 2007

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Volume 43 (277) | Quellen und Forschungen zur Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte

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The plot of a novel is expected to move purposefully toward an ending. Until the 19^th century, processes within a reality believed to have been created by God were also understood to work in this way. As a result, novels claimed to represent reality through their purposefulness. Because of Charles Darwin, this world outlook entered a state of crisis. The study shows how narratives changed as a result of a new concept of reality as being erratic and random. How could novels depict this conception of reality? This question is discussed with reference to examples from literary and aesthetic texts by Friedrich Theodor Vischer and Gottfried Keller.

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Philip Ajouri, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.

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"[...] ausgezeichneten Qualität einer Arbeit, die philologische Exzellenz mit einer heute seltenen Gelehrtheit verbindet, zugleich aber sprachlich präzise und verständlich geschrieben ist. Dank ihres Grundlagencharakters wird Ajouris Dissertation sicher Ausgangspunkt werden für weitere Studien zur Interferenz Teleologie/Literatur im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert."
Wolf Gerhard Schmidt in: http://www.iaslonline.de/index.php?vorgang_id=2923

"[A] powerful and original essay [...]. Ajouri's book should prompt long-overdue further investigation of both German nineteenth-century narrative and the relation of Darwinism to contemporary literary theory."
Nicholas Saul in: Modern Language Review 104.4/2009

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II Die Kongruenz von Real- und Erzählteleologie in Blanckenburgs Versuch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
III Die Krise der Realteleologie im 19. Jahrhundert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
IV Realteleologie und Kontingenz bei Friedrich Theodor Vischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
V Gottfried Keller: Der grüne Heinrich (1854/55 und 1879/80): von der erzählten Krise zur Krise des Erzählens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
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eBook published on:

February 13, 2012

eBook ISBN:

9783110899993

Hardcover published on:

April 16, 2007

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110191431

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Front matter:

12

Main content:

373

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110899993

eBook ISBN: 9783110899993

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110191431

Keywords for this book

Darwinism; Keller; Gottfried; contingency; teleology; Vischer; Friedrich Th.

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Academics, Libraries, Institutes

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