Indirekte Charakterisierung trägt zu einem großen Teil zur Gesamtcharakteristik von Figuren bei, ist bisher aber dennoch vergleichsweise wenig erforscht. Diese Arbeit nähert sich dem Phänomen der indirekten Figurencharakterisierung durch eine eigene Explikation theoretisch an, nennt verschiedene Repräsentationsformen von indirekter Charakterisierung und führt die Theorie dann in Bezug auf Redewiedergabe anhand zahlreicher Beispiele aus. Der Untersuchung wird ein Korpus realistischer Erzähltexte zugrunde gelegt und darin manuell Formen der Redewiedergabe annotiert, um in einem späteren Schritt computergestützt einige Experimente mit den Annotationen durchzuführen. In ihrem Aufbau entspricht diese Arbeit dadurch einem Mixed-Methods-Design von qualitativer und quantitativer Literaturwissenschaft. / Indirect characterization contributes to a large extent to the overall characterization of characters, but has nevertheless been studied comparatively little so far. This thesis addresses the phenomenon of indirect characterization theoretically through an own explication, names different forms of representation of indirect characterization, and then elaborates the theory in regard to speech representation on the basis of numerous examples. The study is based on a corpus of realistic narrative texts, in which forms of speech representation are manually annotated, in order to run some computational experiments with the annotations in a later step. In its design, this work thus follows a mixed-methods design of qualitative and quantitative literary studies.

Zugl.: Diss.

Zugl.: Stuttgart, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 2007.

Habilitation - Universität, Stuttgart, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references and register.

Zugl.: Diss. Univ. Köln, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-304) and indexes.

1 Abstract The thesis examines the relationship of the literary phenomena magical realism and postmodernism. The starting point of the thesis is the statement that both the terms embody various common features (ideological, thematic). The author targets the definition of both styles and their genealogical delimitation in the first part. In the second part, the author relates these two terms to the particular work - the novel The History of Danish Dreams of the danish author Peter Høeg. It is possible to find demonstrable principles of both magical realism and postmodernism in this wider prose. The author of this thesis illustrates principles and themes with examples from the novel and the interpretations.

In this thesis I analyze realism and some of its social constructivist critics. The aim of the thesis is to find areas in which there is a potential for a synthesis of these two paradigms. I propose understand states and the international system as whole as social institutions, with realism to find and interpret its rules and modus operandi.

English Abstract The goal of my master thesis is to present a comprehensive study of the life and work of Sobeslav Pinkas (1927 - 1901), one of the most important Czech realistic painters. Painter's personal and artistic development is introduced in the wider historical context to allow us to understand why he had decided to become a painter. In 1948 Pinkas, as a young student of law, joined the armed revolution and personally attended the riots. Later he became a caricaturist for the Sotek magazine. His craving for democracy in the political life was mirrored in his attempts to find a new way of artistic expression. Neither the Academy in Prague nor the one in Mnichov could stand up to his expectations, and he consequently chooses Johann Baptist Berdelle as his personal teacher. Later, following a short Prague intermezzo, he, as one of the first Czech artist, leaves for Paris, where he studies under the guidance of Thomas Couture. Later on he discovers the work of Jean-François Millet and is heavily influenced by it. His conversion to the modern style of French painting wasn't received in Prague with much enthusiasm, which may be one of the reasons why he gradually, after his return to his homeland, stops painting. He became a drawing teacher at girls' secondary school; apart from that, he was a member of...

Göttingen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2002.

The present work deals with the concept of mimesis/imitation in art and litera-ture, in particular with its use and interpretation by J.M.R. Lenz and Georg Lukács. Mimesis/Imitation as the basic concept of the arts plays a significant role in the development of realism both authors support. Both Lenz and Lukács share Aristotle's views on the Mimesis/imitation as the nature of poetry and see its origins in anthropology. However, in contrast to Aristotle Lenz emphasizes the empirical side of imitation; in principle awarding the artist the critical role and responsibility for the capture and reflection of the whole. Lukács converts his earlier metaphysics into a Marxist philosophy of history. In a homogeneous medium of art it should be possible for realistic art to show the essence and the particulars of the society of its time. / Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Nachahmungsbegriff in Kunst und Literatur, insbesondere mit seiner Verwendung und Deutung durch J.M.R. Lenz und Georg Lukács. Die Nachahmung als Grundbegriff der Künste spielt eine bedeutende Rolle bei der Entstehung des Realismus, dessen Apologeten die beiden Autoren sind. Sowohl Lenz als auch Lukács teilen mit Aristoteles die Ansichten über die Nachahmung/Mimesis als das Wesen der Dichtung und sehen ihren Ursprung in der Anthropologie. Jedoch im Gegensatz zu Aristoteles betont Lenz grundsätzlich die empirische Seite der Nachahmung, wobei dem Künstler die entscheidende Rolle und Verantwortung für die Erfassung und Spiegelung des Ganzen zugesprochen werden. Lukács wandelt seine frühere Metaphysik in eine marxistische Geschichtsphilosophie um. In einem homogenen Medium der Kunst soll es dem realistischen Kunstwerk gelingen, das Wesentliche und das Besondere des gesellschaftlichen Seins seiner Zeit anschaulich zu machen.