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Spielraum im Diesseits. (Un-)Verfügbarkeit der Zeit und des Ichs

  • Laura Auteri
Published/Copyright: December 7, 2012
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Abstract

The article questions the changes which took place in the perception of time and of the self during an epoch of historical transition. Using the example of early modern prose romances (among others Fortunatus, Hug Schapler, Der Goldfaden) it is demonstrated that the category of the linearity of (a life-) time acquires a new meaning and that simultaneously the perception of time starts to detach itself from the cyclical rhythm of nature (and from the liturgical year). In this way, the conceptions of the Verfügbarkeit of time and of life are shifted. The article shows the extent to which the prose romance thematised in different ways the relations which are fraught with tension between the Unverfügbarkeit of a lifetime and the cyclical dimensions of time; in addition it also demonstrates the role which is thus played by self-awareness.

Published Online: 2012-12-07
Published in Print: 2012-12

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