The authors of the analyzed texts dealt with all this knowingly and, at times, seemingly inadvert... more The authors of the analyzed texts dealt with all this knowingly and, at times, seemingly inadvertently. The goal in this article is to show the diversity of utopian forms and utopian thinking, particularly in the 20th century, based on works by selected authors of german literature from the margins. i deliberately avoid foregrounding the designation of literary utopia, as these authors treated utopian ideas as connected to fiction quite arbitrarily. furthermore, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the texts explored below were created in the conditions of the literary periphery, both in terms of geography, i.e. the birthplace of the authors and where their works were created (in regions of Moravia versus Vienna or Paris), as well as contemporary reception, the scope and nature of which can be described as marginal at best. Nevertheless, even the limited response to such works on initial publication does not diminish their cultural-historical significance, nor does it reduce at all the potentially valuable possibilities of their contextualization, quite the contrary. in his study of the history of utopia, Thomas Schölderle (2017) discusses the development of the genre in the european context following More's tour de force as well as several german utopian texts that can be considered paradigmatic, as alluded to above. among these texts we find, for example, the Prague Manifesto (Prager Manifest, 1521), a utopian contextualization of the revolutionary chiliastic teachings of the disciple of Martin Luther and fellow reformer Thomas Müntzer (1489-1525). The german theologian and writer johannes Valentinus andreae (1586-1654) also contributed to the development of the genre with his Protestant utopia Description of the Republic of Christianopolis (Reipublicae Christianopolitanae descriptio, 1619). a classic literary example of german utopia is johann gottfried Schnabel's four-part robinsonade-based novel The Miraculous Fate of Several Sailors, Particularly of Albert Julius, a Native of Saxony (Wunderliche Fata einiger See-Fahrer, absonderlich Alberti Julii, eines gebohrnen Sachsens, 1731), best known in an 1828 abridged version by Ludwig tieck as Palisades Island (Insel Felsenburg, 1731; eng. trans. 2017). Nevertheless, while german literature provides a number of remarkable utopian texts, the representation of utopian thinking is highly differentiated among them. This is confirmed, for instance, by results of my research since 2016 specifically focused on german-language literature from Moravian Wallachia, with the first results published in 2018 (Marek 2018a; 2018b). it should be emphasized that this is not primarily local or even ethnographically colored literature nor are the works exclusively focused on the region itself. These are texts by german-speaking authors who originated from this Czech, or rather Moravian, region or worked here in the period 1848-1948, particularly in the last decades of the existence of the austro-Hungarian monarchy, and who in varying degrees thematized this region in many of their works.
Kassner). Er wirkte als Mitarbeiter im Münchner Simplicissimus, fernerhin in verschiedenen Avantg... more Kassner). Er wirkte als Mitarbeiter im Münchner Simplicissimus, fernerhin in verschiedenen Avantgarde-Zeitschriften (Pan, Ver sacrum, Die Insel). Der Untergang der alten Welt, des Habsburgerreiches, erschütterte Schaukal tief. Bis zu seinem Tod führte er ein eher zurückgezogenes Leben in seinem Semmeringer Landhaus. Seine konservativen Haltungen und die prinzipielle Ablehnung jedes neuen Phänomens der Gegenwart liefen auf die Verklärung der längst abgestorbenen Monarchie hinaus. Trotz des Zusammenbruchs der alten Ordnung und der zunehmenden gesundheitlicher Probleme war Schaukals geistiges Leben auch weiterhin reich. Der Royalist arbeitete an der Zeitschrift Das Gewissen mit, 1925 brachte er eine Nachdichtung von Shakespeares Sturm zum Abschluss, textkritisch bearbeitete er die Märchen von E.T.A. Hoffmann. An der Neige seines Lebens konnte der Dichter auf ein risiges Gesamtwerk zurückblicken. Es umfasste ungefähr achtzig Bücher, darunter Gedichtbände, Dramen, Prosaschriften, Skizzen, die
Der Beitrag enthält eine Analyse des 1927 erschienenen Romans Der Sprung ins Ungewisse von Paul Z... more Der Beitrag enthält eine Analyse des 1927 erschienenen Romans Der Sprung ins Ungewisse von Paul Zifferer, einem wenig bekannten, aus Mähren stammenden österreichischen Schriftsteller. Dieses Prosawerk bietet eine bemerkenswerte Auffassung des Phänomens Zentrum und Peripherie aus territorialer, sozialer, psychologischer, kultureller und politischer Sicht. Überdies stellt es ein wenig erforschtes Kapitel der literarischen Moderne dar.In conclusion, it could be noted that the novel by Paul Zifferer Der Sprung ins Ungewisse 'The Leap into the Uncertain' (1927) covers a broad scale of applications of the centre and periphery dichotomy. It concerns various fields: politics, economy, psychology, culture. Finally, this topic receives predominantly an ethical and metaphysical dimension. The symbolic initiation act at the beginning of the novel, Anton Muhr's attempt at suicide, did induce that. The novel provides a link between aesthetic modernism and the modern, pragmatic industr...
Der Beitrag enthält eine Analyse der Repräsentationsweisen der mährischen Walachei in den Werken ... more Der Beitrag enthält eine Analyse der Repräsentationsweisen der mährischen Walachei in den Werken der aus dieser Region stammenden, hier ebenden oder vorübergehend wirkenden deutschschreibenden Autoren. In der Lyrik Nina Wostalls (1901–1996) ist die Walachei Zentrum einer mythisch anmutenden Gemeinschaft mit multikulturellem Hintergrund. Marianne Bohrmann (1849–1916) zeigt die Walachei in ihrem Prosaband "Mährische Novellen" als beschauliche Idylle, die eine Gegenwelt zu allem Neuen und Authentischen darstellt, das sich gegen gesellschaftliche Konventionen stemmt. In Paul Zifferers (1879–1929) Roman "Die fremde Frau" entpuppen sich die idyllische Gegend als permanentes Konfliktfeld und die harmonische Gemeinschaft als Quelle für soziale und nationale Probleme. Walter Seidl (1905–1937) transformiert in seinem Roman "Der Berg der Liebenden“ die mährischwalachische Idylle in eine moderne Utopie.The paper presents an analysis of the forms of literary representati...
This paper presents an analysis of the novel 'Die fremde Frau' by the writer Paul Ziffere... more This paper presents an analysis of the novel 'Die fremde Frau' by the writer Paul Zifferer (1879-1929) who came from Bystřice pod Hostýnem in Moravian Wallachia. It is a largely unknown, late naturalistic text which addresses national and social issues that were topical at the end of the 19th century. The novel offers a critical reflection on both bourgeois society and national tensions in Moravian Wallachia. It oscillates between conservativism and revolution, between historical authenticity and fiction. Moreover, the analysis shows that German literature from Moravian Wallachia deserves a serious and comprehensive exploration - as does Paul Zifferer's work, especially in the context of German or Austrian naturalism and aesthetic modernism
The paper focuses on an analysis of the four-part drama cycle The C ity of People by the Austrian... more The paper focuses on an analysis of the four-part drama cycle The C ity of People by the Austrian philosopher and completely unknown writer Susanna Schmida-Wöllersdorfer (1894-1981) who came from Moravian Wallachia (C zech Republic). This cycle ranks among Schmida-Wöllersdorfer´s early dramatic works from her literary estate that remains to a great extent unexplored. All the dramas show features of literary expressionism, they bear palpable traces of her philosophical system and esoteric practices as well. Furthermore, The City of People includes a syncretic construction of old and modern myths (antiquity, Christianity, modernity). The focus is on the image of a threatened civilization. The main protagonist Urtig is the prototypical good man of expressionism, but he plays a double role here. He is both a rebel and a tyrant, a subject and an object. The cycle takes up the phenomenon of loss of transcendence in modern times and it offers a model of social and political utopia.
Dieses Buch bietet einen komplexen Blick auf die Problematik der Phraseologismen und Sprichwörter... more Dieses Buch bietet einen komplexen Blick auf die Problematik der Phraseologismen und Sprichwörter in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Die Bereiche, die hier zur Sprache kommen, sind: Phraseologie, Parömiologie, Fremdsprachendidaktik, Semiotik, Wirtschtaftsdeutsch.This book offers a complex analysis of phraseologisms and proverbs in contemporary German. It refers to the following fields of research: praseology, paremiology, foreign language teaching, semiotics, business German.
This PhD thesis explores the works of Richard von Schaukal (1874?1942), a nearly forgotten, Brno-... more This PhD thesis explores the works of Richard von Schaukal (1874?1942), a nearly forgotten, Brno-born, Austrian author and his contribution to the aesthetics of modernism.
This study examines three literary utopias from the margins of German literature, namely German-l... more This study examines three literary utopias from the margins of German literature, namely German-language literature from Eastern Moravia. The works chosen for analysis are the dramatic cycle The City of People (Die Stadt der Menschen) by Moravian-born Austrian writer and visionary Susanne Schmida (1894–1981), the novel The Imperial City (Die Kaiserstadt) by the Austrian writer and diplomat Paul Zifferer (1879–1929), and the text “The City of the Future” (“Die Stadt des Kommenden”) by the German-speaking Czechoslovak author Walter Seidl. In all the texts examined, the model of urban landscape is used as the location of utopia: the prototype of an abstract futuristic city (Schmida), Vienna as an exemplar of political utopia (Zifferer), and Zlín as a fully realized social utopia (Seidl). These three sites show a complementary gradation in the sense of the (potential) realization of utopian ideas, i.e. the belief that, put simply, “it was once good” (Zifferer), “it is good” (Seidl), and...
The authors of the analyzed texts dealt with all this knowingly and, at times, seemingly inadvert... more The authors of the analyzed texts dealt with all this knowingly and, at times, seemingly inadvertently. The goal in this article is to show the diversity of utopian forms and utopian thinking, particularly in the 20th century, based on works by selected authors of german literature from the margins. i deliberately avoid foregrounding the designation of literary utopia, as these authors treated utopian ideas as connected to fiction quite arbitrarily. furthermore, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the texts explored below were created in the conditions of the literary periphery, both in terms of geography, i.e. the birthplace of the authors and where their works were created (in regions of Moravia versus Vienna or Paris), as well as contemporary reception, the scope and nature of which can be described as marginal at best. Nevertheless, even the limited response to such works on initial publication does not diminish their cultural-historical significance, nor does it reduce at all the potentially valuable possibilities of their contextualization, quite the contrary. in his study of the history of utopia, Thomas Schölderle (2017) discusses the development of the genre in the european context following More's tour de force as well as several german utopian texts that can be considered paradigmatic, as alluded to above. among these texts we find, for example, the Prague Manifesto (Prager Manifest, 1521), a utopian contextualization of the revolutionary chiliastic teachings of the disciple of Martin Luther and fellow reformer Thomas Müntzer (1489-1525). The german theologian and writer johannes Valentinus andreae (1586-1654) also contributed to the development of the genre with his Protestant utopia Description of the Republic of Christianopolis (Reipublicae Christianopolitanae descriptio, 1619). a classic literary example of german utopia is johann gottfried Schnabel's four-part robinsonade-based novel The Miraculous Fate of Several Sailors, Particularly of Albert Julius, a Native of Saxony (Wunderliche Fata einiger See-Fahrer, absonderlich Alberti Julii, eines gebohrnen Sachsens, 1731), best known in an 1828 abridged version by Ludwig tieck as Palisades Island (Insel Felsenburg, 1731; eng. trans. 2017). Nevertheless, while german literature provides a number of remarkable utopian texts, the representation of utopian thinking is highly differentiated among them. This is confirmed, for instance, by results of my research since 2016 specifically focused on german-language literature from Moravian Wallachia, with the first results published in 2018 (Marek 2018a; 2018b). it should be emphasized that this is not primarily local or even ethnographically colored literature nor are the works exclusively focused on the region itself. These are texts by german-speaking authors who originated from this Czech, or rather Moravian, region or worked here in the period 1848-1948, particularly in the last decades of the existence of the austro-Hungarian monarchy, and who in varying degrees thematized this region in many of their works.
Kassner). Er wirkte als Mitarbeiter im Münchner Simplicissimus, fernerhin in verschiedenen Avantg... more Kassner). Er wirkte als Mitarbeiter im Münchner Simplicissimus, fernerhin in verschiedenen Avantgarde-Zeitschriften (Pan, Ver sacrum, Die Insel). Der Untergang der alten Welt, des Habsburgerreiches, erschütterte Schaukal tief. Bis zu seinem Tod führte er ein eher zurückgezogenes Leben in seinem Semmeringer Landhaus. Seine konservativen Haltungen und die prinzipielle Ablehnung jedes neuen Phänomens der Gegenwart liefen auf die Verklärung der längst abgestorbenen Monarchie hinaus. Trotz des Zusammenbruchs der alten Ordnung und der zunehmenden gesundheitlicher Probleme war Schaukals geistiges Leben auch weiterhin reich. Der Royalist arbeitete an der Zeitschrift Das Gewissen mit, 1925 brachte er eine Nachdichtung von Shakespeares Sturm zum Abschluss, textkritisch bearbeitete er die Märchen von E.T.A. Hoffmann. An der Neige seines Lebens konnte der Dichter auf ein risiges Gesamtwerk zurückblicken. Es umfasste ungefähr achtzig Bücher, darunter Gedichtbände, Dramen, Prosaschriften, Skizzen, die
Der Beitrag enthält eine Analyse des 1927 erschienenen Romans Der Sprung ins Ungewisse von Paul Z... more Der Beitrag enthält eine Analyse des 1927 erschienenen Romans Der Sprung ins Ungewisse von Paul Zifferer, einem wenig bekannten, aus Mähren stammenden österreichischen Schriftsteller. Dieses Prosawerk bietet eine bemerkenswerte Auffassung des Phänomens Zentrum und Peripherie aus territorialer, sozialer, psychologischer, kultureller und politischer Sicht. Überdies stellt es ein wenig erforschtes Kapitel der literarischen Moderne dar.In conclusion, it could be noted that the novel by Paul Zifferer Der Sprung ins Ungewisse 'The Leap into the Uncertain' (1927) covers a broad scale of applications of the centre and periphery dichotomy. It concerns various fields: politics, economy, psychology, culture. Finally, this topic receives predominantly an ethical and metaphysical dimension. The symbolic initiation act at the beginning of the novel, Anton Muhr's attempt at suicide, did induce that. The novel provides a link between aesthetic modernism and the modern, pragmatic industr...
Der Beitrag enthält eine Analyse der Repräsentationsweisen der mährischen Walachei in den Werken ... more Der Beitrag enthält eine Analyse der Repräsentationsweisen der mährischen Walachei in den Werken der aus dieser Region stammenden, hier ebenden oder vorübergehend wirkenden deutschschreibenden Autoren. In der Lyrik Nina Wostalls (1901–1996) ist die Walachei Zentrum einer mythisch anmutenden Gemeinschaft mit multikulturellem Hintergrund. Marianne Bohrmann (1849–1916) zeigt die Walachei in ihrem Prosaband "Mährische Novellen" als beschauliche Idylle, die eine Gegenwelt zu allem Neuen und Authentischen darstellt, das sich gegen gesellschaftliche Konventionen stemmt. In Paul Zifferers (1879–1929) Roman "Die fremde Frau" entpuppen sich die idyllische Gegend als permanentes Konfliktfeld und die harmonische Gemeinschaft als Quelle für soziale und nationale Probleme. Walter Seidl (1905–1937) transformiert in seinem Roman "Der Berg der Liebenden“ die mährischwalachische Idylle in eine moderne Utopie.The paper presents an analysis of the forms of literary representati...
This paper presents an analysis of the novel 'Die fremde Frau' by the writer Paul Ziffere... more This paper presents an analysis of the novel 'Die fremde Frau' by the writer Paul Zifferer (1879-1929) who came from Bystřice pod Hostýnem in Moravian Wallachia. It is a largely unknown, late naturalistic text which addresses national and social issues that were topical at the end of the 19th century. The novel offers a critical reflection on both bourgeois society and national tensions in Moravian Wallachia. It oscillates between conservativism and revolution, between historical authenticity and fiction. Moreover, the analysis shows that German literature from Moravian Wallachia deserves a serious and comprehensive exploration - as does Paul Zifferer's work, especially in the context of German or Austrian naturalism and aesthetic modernism
The paper focuses on an analysis of the four-part drama cycle The C ity of People by the Austrian... more The paper focuses on an analysis of the four-part drama cycle The C ity of People by the Austrian philosopher and completely unknown writer Susanna Schmida-Wöllersdorfer (1894-1981) who came from Moravian Wallachia (C zech Republic). This cycle ranks among Schmida-Wöllersdorfer´s early dramatic works from her literary estate that remains to a great extent unexplored. All the dramas show features of literary expressionism, they bear palpable traces of her philosophical system and esoteric practices as well. Furthermore, The City of People includes a syncretic construction of old and modern myths (antiquity, Christianity, modernity). The focus is on the image of a threatened civilization. The main protagonist Urtig is the prototypical good man of expressionism, but he plays a double role here. He is both a rebel and a tyrant, a subject and an object. The cycle takes up the phenomenon of loss of transcendence in modern times and it offers a model of social and political utopia.
Dieses Buch bietet einen komplexen Blick auf die Problematik der Phraseologismen und Sprichwörter... more Dieses Buch bietet einen komplexen Blick auf die Problematik der Phraseologismen und Sprichwörter in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Die Bereiche, die hier zur Sprache kommen, sind: Phraseologie, Parömiologie, Fremdsprachendidaktik, Semiotik, Wirtschtaftsdeutsch.This book offers a complex analysis of phraseologisms and proverbs in contemporary German. It refers to the following fields of research: praseology, paremiology, foreign language teaching, semiotics, business German.
This PhD thesis explores the works of Richard von Schaukal (1874?1942), a nearly forgotten, Brno-... more This PhD thesis explores the works of Richard von Schaukal (1874?1942), a nearly forgotten, Brno-born, Austrian author and his contribution to the aesthetics of modernism.
This study examines three literary utopias from the margins of German literature, namely German-l... more This study examines three literary utopias from the margins of German literature, namely German-language literature from Eastern Moravia. The works chosen for analysis are the dramatic cycle The City of People (Die Stadt der Menschen) by Moravian-born Austrian writer and visionary Susanne Schmida (1894–1981), the novel The Imperial City (Die Kaiserstadt) by the Austrian writer and diplomat Paul Zifferer (1879–1929), and the text “The City of the Future” (“Die Stadt des Kommenden”) by the German-speaking Czechoslovak author Walter Seidl. In all the texts examined, the model of urban landscape is used as the location of utopia: the prototype of an abstract futuristic city (Schmida), Vienna as an exemplar of political utopia (Zifferer), and Zlín as a fully realized social utopia (Seidl). These three sites show a complementary gradation in the sense of the (potential) realization of utopian ideas, i.e. the belief that, put simply, “it was once good” (Zifferer), “it is good” (Seidl), and...
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