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Kierkegaard and the Self-Conscious Literary Tradition: An Interpretation of the Ludic Aspects of Kierkegaard’s Pseudonymous Authorship from a Literary-Historical Perspective

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Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook
From the journal Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook Volume 20 Issue 1

Abstract

Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous authorship is characterized by a profusion of literary techniques that belong to the tradition of the ludic or selfconscious novel (the fiction that makes its fictionality manifest). In the present contribution the self-conscious literary plays carried out by Kierkegaard will be interpreted from the perspective of the philosophy of the subject, since both the self-conscious novel and Kierkegaard’s production can be related to this philosophical tradition. The article is organized as follows: first appears a very brief sketch of the way in which self-conscious literature and the philosophy of the subject are related. After this, follows a commentary on the notion of individuality in On the Concept of Irony. Kierkegaard’s dissertation is read as a work in the tradition of the philosophy of the subject that, at the same time, surpasses the idea of subjectivity as metaphysical principle. Finally, a close reading of Either/Or intends to show how Kierkegaard develops his ideas about subjectivity in a literary frame-that of the self-conscious novel

Published Online: 2015-8-1
Published in Print: 2015-7-1

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Titelei
  2. Preface
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Section 1: Kierkegaard as a Philosopher
  5. “The Philosophical Thesis of the Identity of Thinking and Being is Just the Opposite of What it seems to be.” Kierkegaard on the Relations between Being and Thought
  6. The Posited Self: The Non-Theistic Foundation in Kierkegaard’s Writings
  7. Climacus and the Arguments for God’s Existence
  8. The Middle Term: Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Debate about Explanatory Theism
  9. O2 can do? Kierkegaard and the Debate on Divine Omnipotence
  10. Section 2: Interpreting Kierkegaard: Some Problems and Contemporary Perspectives
  11. Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing: In Defense of “Magister Kierkegaard”
  12. Is Either/Or a Religious Work or Not?
  13. Kierkegaard and the Self-Conscious Literary Tradition: An Interpretation of the Ludic Aspects of Kierkegaard’s Pseudonymous Authorship from a Literary-Historical Perspective
  14. “Marvel at Nothing”: Reconsidering Kierkegaard’s Category of Recollection through Social Networking Services
  15. Section 3: Kierkegaard Reception: Responses and Reflections in the 20th Century
  16. The Truth Behind the Text: Rachel Bespaloff as a Reader of Kierkegaard from “the Most Torn-Apart Backdrop of History”
  17. “A Great Awakener”: The Relevance of Søren Kierkegaard in Karl Jaspers’ Aneignung und Polemik
  18. Der Schatten der Kierkegaard-Renaissance. Eine rezeptionsgeschichtliche Studie über die dezisionistisch-irrationalistischen Kierkegaard-Interpretationen zwischen den Weltkriegen in Deutschland
  19. Kierkegaard Reception in Modern Theology: A Review and Assessment
  20. A Matter of Mimesis: Kierkegaard and Ricoeur on Narrative Identity
  21. Section 4: Editing Kierkegaard
  22. An Overview of Kierkegaard’s Nachlass. Part One: the Materials
  23. An Overview of Kierkegaard’s Nachlass. Part Two: the Editions
  24. Section 5: Appendix
  25. Index to Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook 1996–2014
  26. Abbreviations
  27. List of Contributors
https://doi.org/10.1515/kierke-2015-0110

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Titelei
  2. Preface
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Section 1: Kierkegaard as a Philosopher
  5. “The Philosophical Thesis of the Identity of Thinking and Being is Just the Opposite of What it seems to be.” Kierkegaard on the Relations between Being and Thought
  6. The Posited Self: The Non-Theistic Foundation in Kierkegaard’s Writings
  7. Climacus and the Arguments for God’s Existence
  8. The Middle Term: Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Debate about Explanatory Theism
  9. O2 can do? Kierkegaard and the Debate on Divine Omnipotence
  10. Section 2: Interpreting Kierkegaard: Some Problems and Contemporary Perspectives
  11. Much Ado About (Almost) Nothing: In Defense of “Magister Kierkegaard”
  12. Is Either/Or a Religious Work or Not?
  13. Kierkegaard and the Self-Conscious Literary Tradition: An Interpretation of the Ludic Aspects of Kierkegaard’s Pseudonymous Authorship from a Literary-Historical Perspective
  14. “Marvel at Nothing”: Reconsidering Kierkegaard’s Category of Recollection through Social Networking Services
  15. Section 3: Kierkegaard Reception: Responses and Reflections in the 20th Century
  16. The Truth Behind the Text: Rachel Bespaloff as a Reader of Kierkegaard from “the Most Torn-Apart Backdrop of History”
  17. “A Great Awakener”: The Relevance of Søren Kierkegaard in Karl Jaspers’ Aneignung und Polemik
  18. Der Schatten der Kierkegaard-Renaissance. Eine rezeptionsgeschichtliche Studie über die dezisionistisch-irrationalistischen Kierkegaard-Interpretationen zwischen den Weltkriegen in Deutschland
  19. Kierkegaard Reception in Modern Theology: A Review and Assessment
  20. A Matter of Mimesis: Kierkegaard and Ricoeur on Narrative Identity
  21. Section 4: Editing Kierkegaard
  22. An Overview of Kierkegaard’s Nachlass. Part One: the Materials
  23. An Overview of Kierkegaard’s Nachlass. Part Two: the Editions
  24. Section 5: Appendix
  25. Index to Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook 1996–2014
  26. Abbreviations
  27. List of Contributors
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