Spirals and Circles - Daemmrich, Horst
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Spirals and Circles reexamines classicism and realism from a thematic perspective and offers a new view of two significant literary periods. It considers literary affinities and cross-cultural currents in a context that extends beyond the traditional definition of periods. By tracing primary themes related to human individuation, the study establishes that the representation of human relations and personal conduct displayed in attitudes toward the other, the stance toward the physical world and society, and perceptions of history are linked to configurations of approach and withdrawal,…mehr

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Spirals and Circles reexamines classicism and realism from a thematic perspective and offers a new view of two significant literary periods. It considers literary affinities and cross-cultural currents in a context that extends beyond the traditional definition of periods. By tracing primary themes related to human individuation, the study establishes that the representation of human relations and personal conduct displayed in attitudes toward the other, the stance toward the physical world and society, and perceptions of history are linked to configurations of approach and withdrawal, proximity and distance. The primary themes show recurring spatial alignments in the conception of social interaction that give rise to two distinct structures: the centrifugal pattern of classicism and the centripetal pattern of realism. Spirals and Circles indicates a persistent dialectic between the two basic dispositions toward life. Classical thought postulates the freedom of the will and the possibility of individual perfectibility. The realistic view transfers the principle of mechanical causation governing phenomena in the physical world to the realm of human endeavor and social interaction. These thought structures persist in the Western cultural tradition as a dialogue that contributes to a process of clarification of thematic patterns.
Autorenporträt
The Authors: A member of the Academy of Scholars and the Academy of Literary Studies, Horst S. Daemmrich is Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Known widely as a critic and scholar, he is the author of many scholarly studies and books on German literature, literary history, and literary theory.
A former Fulbright Fellow at the University of Bonn, Ingrid G. Daemmrich has published numerous pioneering studies on compositional theory, humor, reciprocal literary creations, and the function of motifs in literature. She is currently a member of the Department of Humanities and Communications at Drexel University.
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"Cette nouvelle approche, fort bien présentée, ouvre des horizons aux critiques littéraires." (Fernande Bassan, Nineteenth-Century French Studies)