Weltliteratur und Welttheater: Ästhetischer Humanismus in der kulturellen Globalisierung

Alexa Alice Joubin

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Weltliteratur und Welttheater

Ästhetischer Humanismus in der kulturellen Globalisierung

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Series:: Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen – Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures – Humanism in the Age of Globalization, Volume 17
Publisher:: 2014

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The 20th century saw an »Aestheticization of Politics« (Benjamin). Humanism became a politically arbitrary slogan, while at the same time forming a shared basis for communication between artist and audience. This volume investigates the current intercultural transformation and spreading of humanism-inspired literature and theater arts through the example of the English and Chinese traditions. This also sheds light on an important aspect of cultural globalization. It turns out that humanism in today's art has long ceased to be the rigid rationalism or scientific positivism with which it used to be frequently associated. Rather, it influenced autobiographic narrations and plays (Gao Xingjian), favored very personal experiences vis-à-vis an institutionalized and anonymous history (Mo Yan), and promoted new interpretations of a Western narrative canon (Wu Hsing-kuo and his play »Lear«).

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Edition: 1/2014
Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-2207-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-2207-6
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen – Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures – Humanism in the Age of Globalization
Volume: 17
Language: German
Pages: 218
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Inhalt Full access Pages 5 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
Einleitung No access Pages 9 - 16
1. Lu Xun und das Tragische No access Pages 19 - 40
2. Der Schriftsteller Lao She und das Weltbürgertum No access Pages 41 - 62
3. Humor in den Werken Mo Yans No access Pages 63 - 70
4. Lin Shu, die Shakespeare Novellen und sein konfuzianisches Menschenbild No access Pages 71 - 90
5. Ein humanistischer Übersetzer: Liang Shiqiu und Shakespeares Sonette No access Pages 91 - 100
6. Gao Xingjian: Exil und Humanismus No access Pages 103 - 110
7. Das neue Leben der Werke Shakespeares: Interkulturelle Perspektiven des Humanismus No access Pages 111 - 126
8. Shakespeare asiatisch auf Europas Bühnen No access Pages 127 - 150
9. »Wer bin ich?«: König Lear und die Vaterfigur No access Pages 151 - 168
10. »Was ist ein Name?«: Romeo und Julia als humanistischer Text No access Pages 169 - 188
Epilog No access Pages 189 - 198
Danksagung No access Pages 199 - 200
Literatur No access Pages 201 - 208
Namens- und Sachregister No access Pages 209 - 214
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