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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Main Author: Leventhal, Robert Scott 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association 1988
In: Modern Austrian literature
Year: 1988, Volume: 21, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 19-38
Further subjects:B 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.
ISSN:2474-3240
Contains:Enthalten in: Modern Austrian literature