Univ.--Kiel, 2007.

Trata-se de realizar uma articulação entre as imagens construídas pelo romance Doutor Fausto, de Thomas Mann, e o quadro teórico elaborado pela Escola de Frankfurt, a fim de compor uma interpretação filosoficamente investida do romance e alcançar uma melhor compreensão das ideias da Teoria Crítica. A vida do compositor Adrian Leverkühn, o Fausto de Mann, é narrada pelo amigo e biógrafo Serenus Zeitblom, e essa narrativa revela a identidade fundamental entre o músico e a Alemanha, aproximando suas características e histórias. Nossa abordagem tematiza especialmente a questão da salvação ou condenação da alma do pactário, tratando de matizar essas possibilidades na obra. Elaboramos uma noção de mito comum ao romance e àquele quadro teórico frankfurtiano, apontando sua força de estruturação totalizante, bem como sua inserção em uma dinâmica dialética. A seguir, propomos considerar que todos os elementos do romance que repõe a mitificação apontariam para a condenação do Fausto, enquanto, inversamente, os aspectos da obra que revelam os limites ou se contrapõem à força do mito anunciariam a possibilidade de salvação do pactário. A noção de sofrimento é especialmente importante, pois comparece em ambas as perspectivas. Isso quer dizer que o sofrimento pode ser interpretado tanto como a evidenciação de um destino como se as dores e a infelicidade de Adrian Leverkühn antecipassem a condenação , quanto pode ser compreendido como um sintoma que denuncia o mito como se revelasse a inverdade do destino aparente e as possibilidades do devir. Finalmente, análise da música, um tema central no romance, também revela sua ambivalência, pois ela pode tanto ser a reposição do mito quanto uma crítica ao mundo mitificado. / This work articulates the images constructed by Thomas Manns novel Doctor Faustus with the theoretical framework developed by the Frankfurt School, in order to compose a philosophically invested interpretation of the novel, as well as achieve a better understanding of Critical Theorys ideas. The life of the composer Adrian Leverkühn, Manns Faustus, is narrated by his friend and biographer Serenus Zeitblom, and this narrative reveals the fundamental identity between the musician and Germany, relating their characteristics and histories. Our approach on the novel specially studies the questions of the salvation or the damnation of Fausts soul, trying to precise these possibilities within the work. We develop a notion of myth common to the novel and to that frankfurtian theoretical framework, pointing its totalizing strength, as well as its insertion in a dialectical dynamic. Next, we propose to consider that all the novels elements that instigate the mythification would point to the condemnation of Faust, while, conversely, the novels aspects that reveal the limits of the myth or contradict it would announce the possibility of the mans salvation. The notion of suffering is especially important, as it appears in both perspectives. This means that suffering can be interpreted both as the disclosure of fate as if Adrians pain and sadness would anticipate the condemnation as can be understood as a symptom that denounces the myth as if it would reveal the lie of the apparent destination and the possibilities of future. Finally, the inquire on músic, a central theme of the novel, also reveals its ambivalente, for it can either strengthen the myth, as it can exercise a critic of the mythologized world.

La thèse de doctorat a été rédigée en cotutelle entre la Johannes Gutenberg- Universität Mainz et l’Université de Bourgogne- Franche Comté. Elle porte sur « Venise comme labyrinthe : la ville et sa représentation littéraire au XXe siècle ». La thèse se dédie d’une part à l’analyse systématique des éléments que la ville de Venise et le labyrinthe ont en commun au niveau de la structure et des valeurs symboliques qui y sont liées. D’autre part, elle étudie comment ces caractéristiques sont reflétées dans la littérature du XXe siècle sur Venise, par quels autres éléments labyrinthiques au niveau de la forme et de la réceptionelles sont complétées et quelles fonctions le labyrinthique peut assumer. L’étude présente des résultats multiples et contribue aussi bien à un approfondissement des études sur le labyrinthe qu’aux études vénitiennes, en permettant à travers le focus sur le labyrinthique une meilleure compréhension de la ville et de ses particularités et des conclusionsnouvelles dans l’interprétation des textes. Les textes choisis pour l’analyse (Der Tod in Venedig de Thomas Mann, 1912 ; Le città invisibili de Italo Calvino, 1972 ; Wer war Edgar Allan ? de Peter Rosei, 1977 et Parsifal a Venezia de Giuseppe Sinopoli, 1993) donnent un aperçu de la variété de combinaisons possibles entre les aspects thématiques du labyrinthe au niveau du contenu et les éléments labyrinthiques au niveau de la forme et de la réception. / The doctoral thesis was written in the context of a Cotutelle Doctoral Program between the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and the Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté. Itssubject is “Venice as Labyrinth: the City and its Literary Representation in the 20th Century”.The thesis aims to systematically identify and analyse which characteristics the city of Veniceand the labyrinth have in common, both at a structural and a symbolic level. It further examines how these characteristics are reflected in the 20th century narrative on Venice. The study provides a new approach by considering multiple levels: on the one hand, it explores the thematization of the labyrinthine characteristics of the city in the content of the texts. On the other hand, it analyses how these contents are complemented by labyrinthine elements in the form and reception of the texts and focuses on their function. The study provides multiple interesting results. It contributes to the Labyrinth Studies as well as to the Venetian Studies, allowing through the focus on the labyrinthine a better comprehensionof the city and its particularities as well as coming to new conclusions in the interpretationof texts. The works chosen for the analysis (Thomas Mann’s Der Tod in Venedig, 1912; ItaloCalvino’s Le città invisibili, 1972; Peter Rosei’s Wer war Edgar Allan, 1977 and Giuseppe Sinopoli’s Parsifal a Venezia, 1993) provide an overview of the variety of possible combinations of the aspects of the labyrinth in terms of content and the labyrinthine elements in the form and reception of the texts.

This study will examine the phenomenon of the elevation of Wagner from relative obscurity under Bismarck to the symbol of German Nationalism under the Third Reich, and will attempt to ascertain the reasons for Mann's continuing dedication to Wagner despite his growing apprehension about Germany's destiny under Hitler.

Essen, Univ., Diss--Duisburg, 2007.

Univ., Magisterarb.--Zugl.: Hamburg, 2004.

Honors Project--Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78).

Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1995. / Written for the Dept. of German. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-103).

Akademisk avhandling--Uppsala. / Scandinavian university books. Extra t.p., with thesis statement, inserted. Bibliography: p. 291-303.

Thesis (doctoral)--Freie Universität Berlin, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [i]-xviii).