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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.68101 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Hausler, Christine |
| Contributors | Weber, Monica (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of German.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001397839, proquestno: AAIMM94351, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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