This thesis investigates the role of Fischerle in Elias Canetti's novel Die Blendung. Fischerle is examined from two main points of view: first he is seen as a dramatically vitalizing figure associated with a significant body of imagery and motifs in the novel; then he is viewed as a foil to Kien. / Die Blendung is populated by a wide variety of grotesques. It is argued that Fischerle, who is more elaborately burdened with grotesque features than any other figure in the novel, is also the character who is most self-aware and awake to the world. Fischerle is a rogue, but he generates pathos. / Chapter III studies the figure of Fischerle as a composite of his defining features, his qualities and his abilities. Particular attention is paid to the function of the imagery and motifs associated with Fischerle. / Chapter IV explores the Kien-Fischerle dynamic in terms of the imagery that relates the two characters to one another. A selection of images and metaphors showing a pattern of blending and separation is analyzed. Conclusions are drawn concerning this pattern of imagery as a further source of pathos for readers of this peculiarly "heartless" novel.

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Texte remanié de : Dissertation : ? : Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München : 2002/2003. / Bibliogr. p. 379-414.

Ce mémoire est composé de trois parties distinctes. La première partie consiste en un recueil de fragments, L'Œil de la libellule. Constitué de réflexions, d'aphorismes, de poèmes, de micro-fictions et autres textes brefs, ce recueil explore par facettes des questionnements existentiels, en lien notamment avec la nature humaine, la mémoire, la perception du monde, les relations amoureuses et familiales, la solitude et l'écriture. La seconde partie est un essai critique portant sur les liens unissant écriture fragmentaire, mémoire, mort et survie dans Le Cœur secret de l'horloge d'Elias Canetti. Plus précisément, je discuterai de la stratégie employée par l'auteur pour, d'une part, s'assurer la postérité littéraire, et d'autre part, atteindre l'immortalité par la métamorphose. La troisième partie est un court essai portant sur la notion de doute sous-jacente à l'écriture fragmentaire. J'y effectuerai un retour sur ma propre démarche et y tracerai quelques liens avec l'œuvre de Canetti et d'autres auteurs de fragments.

Orientador: Jose Oscar de Almeida Marques / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T10:44:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martins_LucasdosReis_M.pdf: 675340 bytes, checksum: 58fa2ceaade617fbed352c6cf359e113 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O trabalho propõe-se a analisar o fenômeno das massas humanas e suas implicações culturais, sociais e políticas para o século XXI. Partindo da clássica obra Massa e Poder (1960), de Elias Canetti, o estudo prossegue com o exame de dois ensaios de Peter Sloterdijk, Regras para o Parque Humano (1999) e O Desprezo das Massas (2000), e procura esclarecer as transformações do conceito de massa entre esses dois autores, da massa negra e molar de Canetti à massa colorida e gasosa de Sloterdijk. Sem a pretensão de percorrer o conceito na história da filosofia política, pretende-se fazer notar como a reflexão sobre a natureza, as potencialidades e os riscos das multidões assume um papel cada vez mais importante no pensamento sobre a política e cultura contemporâneas. As catastróficas experiências das grandes guerras mundiais mostraram a urgência de uma análise séria dos comportamentos direcionados ou espontâneos de massa, principalmente para aqueles que desejam pensar sobre o que ainda podem significar, hoje, idéias como democracia ou humanidade. Se, como nota Sloterdijk, o humanismo não é mais capaz de domesticar o homem contemporâneo, bombardeado cada vez mais intensamente por mídias embrutecedoras, outras antropotécnicas - mais efetivas que o velho humanismo na sua forma de domesticar o homem - deverão substituí-lo em nome de um determinado projeto de humanidade. Massa e humanização apresentam-se hoje como tópicos estreitamente relacionados, e refletir sobre o que significa ser humano hoje e o que poderá significar amanhã exige uma maior compreensão dos fenômenos de massa no século que se inicia. / Abstract: This work proposes to examine the phenomenon of human masses and their cultural, social and political implications for the XXIth century. Taking as its point of depart Elias Canetti's classic essay Mass und Macht (1960), the study continues with an examination of two texts by Peter Sloterdijk, Regeln für den Menschenpark (1999) and Die Verachtung der Massen (2000), and seeks to clarify the transformations of the concept of mass between these two authors, from Canetti's black and molar mass to the gaseous and colorful mass of Sloterdijk. Without the pretension of examining the concept of mass through the whole history of political philosophy, its aim is to make clear how the reflection on the nature, the potential and risks of the masses has an increasingly important role in thinking about contemporary politics and culture. The disastrous experiences of the great world wars has shown the urgency of a serious analysis of the directed or spontaneous conduct of the masses, especially for those who want to think about what the ideas of democracy or humanity can still mean today. If, as Sloterdijk remarked, humanism is no longer capable of domesticating contemporary man, as he is increasingly bombed by brutal media, other antropotechniques - more effective than the old humanism to attain human domesticating - should replace it in the name of a particular project of humanity. Mass and humanization present themselves today as closely related topics, and to reflect about what it means to be human today and what could that mean tomorrow requires greater understanding of the phenomena of mass in the century that begins. / Mestrado / Mestre em Filosofia

Diss. : Literaturw. : Bonn : 1990. / Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Universität Bonn, 1990). Bibliogr. p. 313-329.

Text in German / Many treatises and disquisitions concerning "Die Blendung" concentrate on the main character, Peter Kien, as well as on other protagonists. In contrast, this dissertation deals with Pfaff, the primitive force and his influence on Peter Kien, the "Brain", the masterspirit. Common traits of these di verse characters are highlighted and it is explained why Pfaff, the brute, manages to exult over Kien, the intellectual. Their interactions and their interdependence are dealt with and it is shown that insanity which is prevalent in both protagonists prepares the way to Kien's doom whereas it leads to Pfaff's survival. / Das Interesse zahlreicher Untersuchungen Uber "Die Blendung" konzentriert sich auf die Hauptperson, Peter Kien, sowie auf andere Protagonisten. Im Gegensatz dazu beschaftigt sich diese Arbei t mi t dem Hausmeister Pfaff, dem "Schadel", und mit dem EinfluB, den er auf Peter Kien, den "Kopf", den Geistesmenschen hat. Es wird versucht, Gemeinsamkeiten, die diese beiden so gegensatzlichen Charaktere aufweisen, aufzuzeigen und darzulegen, warum der Gewaltmensch Pfaff Uber den wirklichkeitsfremden Wissenschaftler Kien zu triumphieren vermag. Der EinfluB, den sie aufeinander nehmen, und die Abhangigkeit voneinander werden aufgezeigt, und es wird aufge fUhrt, wie der Wahnsinn, dem sie be ide verf all en, zu Kiens Untergang filhrt, wahrend Pfaffs Uberleben durch seinen Wahnsinn gesichert wird / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M. A. (German)

Text in German / Many treatises and disquisitions concerning "Die Blendung" concentrate on the main character, Peter Kien, as well as on other protagonists. In contrast, this dissertation deals with Pfaff, the primitive force and his influence on Peter Kien, the "Brain", the masterspirit. Common traits of these di verse characters are highlighted and it is explained why Pfaff, the brute, manages to exult over Kien, the intellectual. Their interactions and their interdependence are dealt with and it is shown that insanity which is prevalent in both protagonists prepares the way to Kien's doom whereas it leads to Pfaff's survival. / Das Interesse zahlreicher Untersuchungen Uber "Die Blendung" konzentriert sich auf die Hauptperson, Peter Kien, sowie auf andere Protagonisten. Im Gegensatz dazu beschaftigt sich diese Arbei t mi t dem Hausmeister Pfaff, dem "Schadel", und mit dem EinfluB, den er auf Peter Kien, den "Kopf", den Geistesmenschen hat. Es wird versucht, Gemeinsamkeiten, die diese beiden so gegensatzlichen Charaktere aufweisen, aufzuzeigen und darzulegen, warum der Gewaltmensch Pfaff Uber den wirklichkeitsfremden Wissenschaftler Kien zu triumphieren vermag. Der EinfluB, den sie aufeinander nehmen, und die Abhangigkeit voneinander werden aufgezeigt, und es wird aufge fUhrt, wie der Wahnsinn, dem sie be ide verf all en, zu Kiens Untergang filhrt, wahrend Pfaffs Uberleben durch seinen Wahnsinn gesichert wird / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M. A. (German)