Dramaturgie des Schauspiels,

Vol. 1-2 appeared originally under title: Dramaturgie der Classiker, 1882-83.

Sämmtliche Werke nebst des dichters Leben aus seinen Briefen an Gleim.

Mode of access: Internet.

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Editors: Heinrich v. Kleist, Adam H. Müller.

Die Poetik des Extremen. Ausschreitungen einer Sprache des Radikalen:excesses of a language of radical

Gibt es eine Traditionslinie extremistischer Poetiken in der deutschsprachigen Literatur? Uwe Schütte untersucht anhand literarischer Texte ab dem späten 18. Jahrhundert den Konnex zwischen historischen Phänomenen wie Revolution, Krieg oder Terrorismus und extremen biografischen Umständen wie Schizophrenie für die Herausbildung radikaler Schreibweisen. Die Spannbreite der behandelten Autoren reicht dabei von der Klassikertrias Kleist, Hölderlin und Büchner über Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts wie Ernst Jünger oder Hans Henny Jahnn bis zu den Gegenwartsautoren Ernst Herbeck und Rainald Goetz. The study investigates aesthetic representations of extremism in German-language literature from around 1800 to the present. Its aim is to examine the interplay between three different areas: historical circumstances, (auto)biographical issues, and literary texts. Discussed are texts by both major and marginal writers from various genres, ranging from classics such as Heinrich von Kleist or Friedrich Hölderlin to the marginalised poet Ernst Herbeck or the contemporary writer Rainald Goetz. Subjects and factors considered include extremist phenomena in modern history (such as revolutions, wars, terrorism) and extreme individual experiences (such as suicide or schizophrenia) on the aesthetic domain(s) with regard to the production of literary discourses that could be considered as extremist. These manifest themselves in the development of what can be viewed as ‘radical poetics’, decidedly innovative styles of writing and moral or political transgression in fiction. Being the first critical attempt to trace the history of radical discourses in German literature, the study explores the validity of creating an aesthetic category of 'literary extremism'.

The Collusion of Feminist and Postmodernist Impulses in E.L. Doctorow’s "Ragtime"

Many critics of Doctorow have classified him as a postmodernist writer, acknowledging that a wide number of thematic and stylistic features of his early fiction emanate from the postmodern context in which he took his first steps as a writer. Yet, these novels have an eminently social and ethical scope that may be best perceived in their intellectual engagement and support of feminist concerns. This is certainly the case of Doctorow’s fourth and most successful novel, Ragtime. The purpose of this paper will be two-fold. I will explore Ragtime’s indebtedness to postmodern aesthetics and themes, but also its feminist elements. Thus, on the one hand, I will focus on issues of uncertainty, indeterminacy of meaning, plurality and decentering of subjectivity; on the other hand, I will examine the novel’s attitude towards gender oppression, violence and objectification, its denunciation of hegemonic gender configurations and its voicing of certain feminist demands. This analysis will lead to an examination of the problematic collusion of the mostly white, male, patriarchal aesthetics of postmodernism and feminist politics in the novel. I will attempt to establish how these two traditionally conflicting modes coexist and interact in Ragtime.

Reevaluating the place of cycloid psychoses: case study

Introdução: O conceito de psicose ciclóide foi descrito pela primeira vez por Karl Kleist. Mais tarde, Leonhard propôs a corrente conceptualização descrevendo três subtipos da doença e Perris desenvolveu os primeiros critérios diagnósticos operacionais. O diagnóstico de psicose ciclóide possui uma longa tradição na psiquiatria europeia, mas o conceito ciclóide não está explicitamente patente nos esquemas internacionais de diagnóstico (DSM 5 e ICD-10) suscitando um debate controverso quanto à sua utilidade e validade. Objetivos: O presente artigo pretende, a partir de um caso clínico, abordar o conceito de psicose ciclóide enfatizando a sua importância à luz da psiquiatria atual, discutindo o uso do conceito e a sua validade clínica e preditiva. Métodos: Os autores apresentam um caso clínico de psicose recorrente com total remissão interepisódica e afetação funcional mínima. Resultados e Discussão: O artigo ilustra a importância de estarmos atentos ao diagnóstico de psicose ciclóide dado o seu prognóstico e tratamento distinto das restantes psicoses. Conclusão: Enquanto esta perturbação, de incidência desconhecida, não for devidamente explorada, mais investigação será necessária dado o seu prognóstico favorável e a sua patofisiologia e tratamento potencialmente distintos.