Der quixoteske Held im Roman des Realismus und der Moderne: Entwurf einer kognitiven Interfiguralität: Flaubert – Raabe – Conrad

Diplôme Thèse Der quixoteske Held im Roman des Realismus und der Moderne: Entwurf einer kognitiven Interfiguralität: Flaubert – Raabe – Conrad – Fitzgerald ger 2016-07-05 author Isensee Christina 758492 director Winkler Markus 73757 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:121242 urn:nbn:ch:unige-1212428 L. 853 Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605/1615) gave rise to a character type that can be called the quixotic hero. It keeps manifesting itself in numerous other fictional figures throughout the centuries. In order to classify those representations, the degree of their inter-relatedness and their quixotic quality, this study offers a re-conceptualization of the notions “interfigurality” and (literary) “type”, based on L. Wittgenstein's family resemblance as well as E. Rosch's prototype theory. Thus, the notions' potential is threefold: Firstly, they allow for a heterogeneous and dynamic category (fuzzy category) with the potential to include the manifold representations beyond a black-and-white categorization, blind to less distinct or ambiguous members. Secondly – since the category is considered a mental representation – it takes into account the readers' individual, cognitive associations. Lastly, as a functional principle, the approach is transferable and can be applied to the analysis of fictional characters other than the quixotic hero from any kind of artwork. Dewey 430/830 83 Département de langue et de littérature allemandes 3A false 6ce25b82-10bf-4c19-ac00-7971e7baf2b2 Thesis Public ISENSEE_Christina_TheseDoc.pdf 3079504 application/pdf openAccess Faculté des lettres / Département de langue et de littérature allemandes

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