The Rhetoric of Anarcho-Nihilistic Murder: Thomas Bernhard's "Das Kalkwerk"
Thomas Bernhard's novel Das Kalkwerk (1970) is analyzed in terms of the discursive conflict between two historico-philosophical 'languages' and related to the mimetic violence and the crisis of metanarrative universalistic schemes discussed in current postmodern theory. The multilevel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association
1988
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Modern Austrian literature
Year: 1988, Volume: 21, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 19-38 |
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Bernhard, Thomas (1931-1989)
B Girard, René (1923-2015) |
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| Summary: | Thomas Bernhard's novel Das Kalkwerk (1970) is analyzed in terms of the discursive conflict between two historico-philosophical 'languages' and related to the mimetic violence and the crisis of metanarrative universalistic schemes discussed in current postmodern theory. The multileveled "rhetoric" of the text is interpreted as the unfolding of an agonistic and heightened indeterminacy that places traditional hermeneutical and critical strategies into question. Finally, the essay attempts to position Bernhard's text within the context of postmodern language theory and the crisis of narrative discourse. |
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| Item Description: | BN: 21, HN: 3-4 |
| ISSN: | 2474-3240 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern Austrian literature
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