englischThis book deals with the ‘Ankunftsliteratur’, a rather unusual genre for today’s reader that has been initiated in the early sixties by authors such as Christa Wolf or Karl-Heinz Jakobs. Their texts praise the communist party, the Berlin Wall and the happiness of industrial labour. While [...]
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Der vorliegende Band ist der fünfte der Schriftenreihe „Helden – Heroisierungen – Heroismen“ des DFG-geförderten Sonderforschungsbereichs 948 „Helden – Heroisierungen – Heroismen. Transformationen und Konjunkturen von der Antike bis zur Moderne“ (SFB 948) an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. [...]
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englischHeroes have to die because they are human. Their death, however, may vary in its relevance to their status as heroic figures. In Greek antiquity, death is the prerequisite for heroisation; expecting to continue their existence in the afterlife, martyrs sacrifice their lives in acts of [...]
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Dieser Band enthält die Beiträge der Tagung „Sakralität und Heldentum. Zum Relationsgeflecht von Heroischem und Religiösen“, welche vom 21.-22. November 2014 in Freiburg stattgefunden hat. Im Zentrum steht dabei das vielseitige Spannungsfeld zwischen Sakralem und Heroischem, die Beiträge untersuchen [...]
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englischCan elites use cosmological imagery to sanction marital and slavery practices for their political aspirations? Can interactions between Late Antique legal systems be thought beyond “borrowings?” This work studies legal writings from the Zoroastrian, East Syrian, and Islamic traditions [...]
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„Berliner Romane haben meist keinen ordentlichen Anfang und kein rechtes Ende“, heißt es bei Joachim Ringelnatz. Die vorliegende Studie ergründet die Anfänge und frühen Ausprägungen des bis in die Gegenwart populären Berlin-Romans unter anderem an Texten von Wolfgang Kirchbach, Max Kretzer, Wilhelm [...]
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englischThis book deals with the ‘Ankunftsliteratur’, a rather unusual genre for today’s reader that has been initiated in the early sixties by authors such as Christa Wolf or Karl-Heinz Jakobs. Their texts praise the communist party, the Berlin Wall and the happiness of industrial labour. While [...]
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englischHow is it that literature can overwhelm a reader and leave him or her completely speechless? Presence Theory takes on this question by describing the philosophical foundations of intensive aesthetical experiences and by detecting the specific strategies that produce these special moments. [...]
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englischHow is it that literature can overwhelm a reader and leave him or her completely speechless? Presence Theory takes on this question by describing the philosophical foundations of intensive aesthetical experiences and by detecting the specific strategies that produce these special moments. [...]
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englischDeceits were evaluated ambivalently in the Middle Ages. Although Christian authors condemned the use of deceits in general, they often regarded them as praiseworthy or even holy if they served a good cause. On the basis of the lives of high medieval bishops and abbots this study examines [...]
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