Diss.--Universität Frankfurt am Main, 1999. / Bibliogr. p. 219-246.

Diss.--Berlin. / Includes bibliographical references.

Zugelich: Diss. Frankfurt (Oder), 2008. / Literaturverz.

Thesis (Doctoral)--Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, 1997.

Wien, Univ., Dipl.-Arb., 1999.

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Text in German / Summary in English / As a latecomer to the Romantic Movement, Hoffmann viewed art as a force drawn from within. He based his understanding of the artist on the Platonic reasoning about original and imitated art, which Plato correlated with his theories about the perfect World of Ideas. According to Hoffmann, a genius seeks beauty and knowledge as laid down by Neoplatonism, and has inner visions of the ideal world which is his inspiration. Such an especially sensible person, who is being called upon to remember his original, pre-existent state in the World of Ideas will, through this path of realization, be recognized as a true artist and genius. Constantly striving for the Neoplatonic Ideal, the earthly world becomes a place in which he no longer feels at home, and he seeks to be in the aspired ideal world which for Hoffmann is ultimately found in the inner self. / Classics and Modern European Languages / M.A. (Classics and Modern European Languages)

The musicians in E. T. A. Hoffmann's tales and essays demonstrate traits remarkably similar to those of shamans. Hoffmann uses the same imagery to describe the journey of the composer into the "realm of dreams," where he receives inspiration, as the shaman uses to describe the spirit world to which he journeys via music. Hoffmann was a major force in changing the 18th-century view of music as an "innocent luxury" to the 19th-century idea of music as a higher art. As a German Romantic,author, he subscribed to the idea championed by the Schlegels that true poetry is based on myth. In this thesis, Hoffmann's writings are compared with shamanic mythology to demonstrate a similarity beyond mere coincidence, without drawing conclusions about influence.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:46:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sonia Dias de Sousa.pdf: 524701 bytes, checksum: 423a9a18607e3440813aee29541aade4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-11 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This work aims at presenting some perspectives on the fantastic fiction, taking as its starting point the analysis of three short stories by the German writer Hoffmann, namely: The Sandman , Haimatocare and Automata . So as to built up the research on the fantastic fiction, we resorted to the theoretical perspectives developed by Furtado (1980) and Todorov (2004), favouring an array of narrative circumstances that foster the rising of hesitation and ambiguity. In such a way, we examined how strategies employed along the narrative flow build themselves and sustain ambiguity, which is responsible for the maintenance of hesitation, shown not only within the short stories but also in their relationship with the actual reader. Finally, we have made some considerations on the fantastic fiction, which can be understood as a possibility of interpreting human relations, rather contradictory and, exactly because of that, intrinsically similar to the contradictions that characterize the core of the fantastic literature. Thus, the course outlined in the short stories analysed in this work allows for an inquiry about the represented subjects world understanding, which demonstrates that ambiguity can be a way towards the comprehension of a reality so many times disconcerting, no matter how coherent it may seem. / Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar as perspectivas do fantástico a partir da análise de três contos do escritor alemão Hoffmann: O Homem da Areia , Haimatocare e Os Autômatos . Para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa sobre o fantástico, utilizamos as perspectivas teóricas desenvolvidas por Furtado (1980) e Todorov (2004), privilegiando um conjunto de circunstâncias narrativas que incitam o surgimento da hesitação e a ambigüidade nos contos. Desse modo, examinamos como as estratégias distribuídas no percurso narrativo se constroem e mantêm a ambigüidade, responsável pela sustentação da hesitação que transparece tanto no interior dos contos quanto em sua relação com o leitor real. Por fim, tecemos algumas considerações sobre o fantástico, entendendo-o como uma possibilidade de interpretação das relações humanas, tantas vezes contraditórias, e, por isso mesmo, intrinsecamente, semelhantes às contradições que caracterizam o cerne da literatura fantástica. Nesse sentido, a trajetória delineada nos contos estudados permite um questionamento a respeito do entendimento de mundo dos diferentes sujeitos representados, demonstrando que a ambigüidade pode ser um caminho para a compreensão de uma realidade tantas vezes desconcertante, ainda que marcada por uma aparente coerência.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät--Frankfurt an der Oder--Europa-Universität Viadrina, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. [214]-225. Index.