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The Rhetoric of the Spoken Word in «Die Wahlverwandtschaften»: Communication and personality in the novel (Europäische Hochschulschriften / European ... / Publications Universitaires Européennes) - Softcover
The characters in Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften rely exclusively for their existence on spoken communication in society. Human character is not equated with the capacity for casual dialogue but with the capacity for a stylised form of public speaking. The word is also dissociated from any concept of agency, for characters never become agents implicated in the process of transforming the ideas they express in public into concrete realities. In failing to also establish any kind of human contract with his audience, the speaker does not further the scope for human relationships commonly thought to be afforded by social interaction. The form of the dramatic monologue consequently remains a form, guaranteeing the speaker a place in society on terms which perpetuate formal relations between members of that society. It insulates him from any implication in genuinely reciprocal relations.
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- PublisherPeter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 3631431937
- ISBN 13 9783631431931
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages204
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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Book Description Communication and personality in the novel. The characters in Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften rely exclusively for their existence on spoken communication in society. Human character is not equated with the capacity for casual dialogue but with the capacity for a stylised form of public speaking. The word is also dissociated from any concept of agency, for characters never become agents implicated in the process of transforming the ideas they express in public into concrete realities. In failing to also establish any kind of human contract with his audience, the speaker does not further the scope for human relationships commonly thought to be afforded by social interaction. The form of the dramatic monologue consequently remains a form, guaranteeing the speaker a place in society on terms which perpetuate formal relations between members of that society. It insulates him from any implication in genuinely reciprocal relations. IX,204 Seiten, broschiert (Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe I: Deutsche Sprache und Literatur; Band 1199/Peter Lang Verlag 1990) Mängelexemplar/near mint. Statt EUR 52,95 276 g. Sprache: en. Seller Inventory # 71512
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