âTout comprendre, câest tout pardonner?â The âCase of Jaussâ
In: Philological EncountersSearch for other papers by Ottmar Ette in
Current site
Google Scholar
Hans Robert Jauss cannot simply be excluded from the history of Romance Studies, or from the history of literary science in 20th century Germany: the attractive power of his style of thought, writing and scholarship was too profound, his machine de guerre too powerful. If the âcase of Jaussâ is now on its way to becoming the âparadigm of Jauss,â it is time to examine scientifically the text and work, the impact and the reception of the author of Ãsthetische Erfahrung und literarische Hermeneutik (âAesthetic Experience and Literary Hermeneuticsâ), and to illuminate them from the perspective of Romance Studies. The considerations put forth in this essay should in no way diminish the undeniable merits of the founder of âReader-response criticismâ. With him and with his words, one may surely hold on to the hope that âthe triadic relationship of technology, communication, and world viewâ can be brought âonce more into equilibrium.â Hans Robert Jaussâto use the words of Jorge Semprúnâtraveled the very short, and at the same time very long, path from Buchenwald to Weimar: a path that first led him into the most abysmal, reprehensible, and rational form of human barbarism, which he wished to leave behind him as quickly as possible after the end of the war. His path to Weimar, as the symbol of a ârefinedâ western culture, was extremely short: indeed, all too short.
Purchase
Buy instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):
Institutional Login
Log in with Open Athens, Shibboleth, or your institutional credentials
Personal login
Log in with your brill.com account
-
Barthes Roland Oeuvres complètes 1993-1995 Paris Seuil 3 vols Edition established and presented by Eric Marty
-
Ette Ottmar Ette Ottmar , Fontius Martin , HaÃler Gerda & Jehle Peter âVon einer höheren Warte aus.â Werner Kraussâeine Literaturwissenschaft der Grundprobleme Werner Krauss. WegeâWerkeâWirkungen 1999 Berlin Berlin Verlag 91 122
-
Ette Ottmar ÃberLebenswissen. Die Aufgabe der Philologie 2004 Berlin Kulturverlag Kadmos
-
Ette Ottmar âWeiter denken. Viellogisches denken / viellogisches Denken und die Wege zu einer Epistemologie der Erweiterungâ Romanistische Zeitschrift für Literaturgeschichte 2006 Heft 1-4 Heidelberg 331 355
-
Jauà Hans Robert Literaturgeschichte als Provokation 1970 Frankfurt am Main Suhrkamp
-
Jauà Hans Robert Kleine Apologie der ästhetischen Erfahrung 1972 Konstanz Universitätsverlag With art-historical commentary by Max Imdahl
-
Jauà Hans Robert Wege des Verstehens 1974 Munich Wilhelm Fink Verlag
-
Jauà Hans Robert Ãsthetische Erfahrung und literarische Hermeneutik 1982 Frankfurt am Main Suhrkamp
-
Jauà Hans Robert : Zeit und Erinnerung in Marcel Prousts âà la recherché du temps perduâ: Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des Romans 1986 Frankfurt am Main Suhrkamp
-
Meyer Ahlrich âDer Wunsch, die Augen zu verschliessenâwovor? Siegfried Kracauer and the research group âPoetik und Hermeneutikâ â Neue Zürcher Zeitung 2016 January 23 Online: http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/buecher/der-wunsch-die-augen-zu-verschliessenâwovor-1.18682190
-
Semprún Jorge Mal et Modernité: le travail de lâHistoire, suivi de ⦠âvous avez une tombe dans les nuages â¦.â 1995 Paris Editions Climats
-
Stierle Karlheinz Nies Fritz & Stierle Karlheinz âDie Modernität der französischen KlassikâNegative Anthropologie und funktionaler Stilâ Französische Klassik. TheorieâLiteraturâMalerei 1985 Munich Wilhelm Fink 81 128
-
Westemeier Jens & Jauà Hans Robert 12.12.1921 Göppingen-01.03.1997 Konstanz: Jugend, Krieg und Internierung Wissenschaftliche Dokumentation, Geiselhöring, May 2015 2015 University of Konstanz: Homepage http://www.aktuelles.uni-konstanz.de/presseinformationen/2015/48
-
Westemeier Jens Hans Robert JauÃ. Jugend, Krieg und Internierung. 2016 Konstanz KoUP
-
2
Ibid., 78.
-
3
See Ottmar Ette, â âVon einer höheren Warte aus.â Werner Kraussâeine Literaturwissenschaft der Grundprobleme,â in Werner Krauss. WegeâWerkeâWirkungen, ed. Ottmar Ette, Martin Fontius, Gerda HaÃler, Peter Jehle (Berlin: Berlin Verlag 1999), 91-122.
-
7
Ibid., 8.
-
11
Cf. ibid., 109.
-
12
As quoted in Hans Robert JauÃ, Wege des Verstehens, 8. Cf., in the original form submitted as a dissertation in 1952 in Heidelberg, Hans Robert JauÃ, Zeit und Erinnerung in Marcel Prousts âà la recherche du temps perduâ: Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des Romans (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp), 1986.
-
14
Ibid., 9.
-
15
Ibid., 89.
-
20
Cf. (extensively) ibid., pp. 22-26.
-
21
Ibid., 82.
-
24
Ibid., 65-76.
-
25
Ibid., 96; this statement was kindly substantiated by Jens Westemeier in an e-mail to this author on March 6, 2016, through the preparation of further documentation of promotions in the Waffen-SS that were nearly as fast.
-
30
Hans Robert Jauss, Kleine Apologie der ästhetischen Erfahrung, 5.
-
33
Ibid., 23.
-
36
Cf. Ottmar Ette, âWeiter denken. Viellogisches denken / viellogisches Denken und die Wege zu einer Epistemologie der Erweiterung,â Romanistische Zeitschrift für Literaturgeschichte (Heidelberg) Heft 1-4 (2016), 331-355.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 154 | 0 | 0 |
| Full Text Views | 4232 | 306 | 31 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 1055 | 118 | 3 |
âTout comprendre, câest tout pardonner?â The âCase of Jaussâ
In: Philological EncountersSearch for other papers by Ottmar Ette in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Hans Robert Jauss cannot simply be excluded from the history of Romance Studies, or from the history of literary science in 20th century Germany: the attractive power of his style of thought, writing and scholarship was too profound, his machine de guerre too powerful. If the âcase of Jaussâ is now on its way to becoming the âparadigm of Jauss,â it is time to examine scientifically the text and work, the impact and the reception of the author of Ãsthetische Erfahrung und literarische Hermeneutik (âAesthetic Experience and Literary Hermeneuticsâ), and to illuminate them from the perspective of Romance Studies. The considerations put forth in this essay should in no way diminish the undeniable merits of the founder of âReader-response criticismâ. With him and with his words, one may surely hold on to the hope that âthe triadic relationship of technology, communication, and world viewâ can be brought âonce more into equilibrium.â Hans Robert Jaussâto use the words of Jorge Semprúnâtraveled the very short, and at the same time very long, path from Buchenwald to Weimar: a path that first led him into the most abysmal, reprehensible, and rational form of human barbarism, which he wished to leave behind him as quickly as possible after the end of the war. His path to Weimar, as the symbol of a ârefinedâ western culture, was extremely short: indeed, all too short.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 154 | 0 | 0 |
| Full Text Views | 4232 | 306 | 31 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 1055 | 118 | 3 |
