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'Ich war als Neurotiker erkannt…' Illness, Suffering, and Pain in Hermann Hesse
- Source :
- Anafora : Časopis za znanost o književnosti, Volume VIII, Issue 2
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Osijek, 2021.
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Abstract
- Der Beitrag geht dem Themenkomplex Krankheit-Leiden-Schmerz bei Hermann Hesse nach, indem er einen Überblick über einschlägige Texte des Autors bietet. Gefragt wird nach Relationen zwischen Krankheit, Genie und Kunst in Prosatexten wie Taedium vitae, Gertrud, Kurgast oder Der Steppenwolf teils in Bezug auf Hesses Biographie, teils auf zeitgenössische Diskurse über (psychische) Krankheit oder Heilung, wie sie etwa bei Nietzsche oder Freud vorgeprägt waren. Es werden auch Verbindungslinien zwischen Hesses Auffassung der Krankheit als psychogenen Phänomens und seinem Kunstverständnis verfolgt. Schließlich werden die von Hesse etwa im Kurgast oder im Steppenwolf dargestellten psycho-physiologischen Heilungsprozesse ins Auge gefasst.<br />Rad istražuje međusobno povezane teme bolesti, patnje i boli u nekoliko pripovjednih tekstova Hermanna Hessea, poput Taedium vitae, Gertrude, Gosta u toplicama i Stepskog vuka. Analiza se bavi odnosom bolesti, genijalnosti i umjetnosti, djelomično biografskim, a djelomično utemeljenim na suvremenim diskursima o (psihogenim) bolestima i ozdravljenju, kako ih donose Nietzsche i Freud. Isto tako, rad razotkriva poveznice između Hesseova koncepta bolesti kao psihogenog fenomena te njegovog poimanja umjetnosti. U konačnici, rad razmatra psihološke i fiziološke procese ozdravljenja opisane u Gostu u toplicama i Stepskom vuku.<br />The paper examines the interrelated topics of illness, suffering, and pain in several narrative texts by Hermann Hesse, such as Taedium vitae, Gertrud, A Guest at the Spa, and The Steppenwolf. The analysis focuses on the relation between illness, geniality, and art, partly biographical, partly based on contemporary discourses on (psychogenic) illness and healing, as they were prefigured in Nietzsche and Freud. The paper also reveals connections between Hesse’s concept of illness as a psychogenic phenomenon and his understanding of art. Finally, psychologic and physiological processes of healing as described in A Guest at the Spa or The Steppenwolf are also considered.
Details
- ISSN :
- 24595160 and 18492339
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Anafora
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f7f19e4f0aec372424f3adf587a65409
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.29162/anafora.v8i2.3