It was Aristotle who first postulated the cathartic impact of tragedy, and this connection has continued to be a subject of discussion ever since. This study inquires into the break with tradition precipitated by Jacob Bernays with his medical interpretation of catharsis as “unburdening.” Breuer and ...
It was Aristotle who first postulated the cathartic impact of tragedy, and this connection has continued to be a subject of discussion ever since. This study inquires into the break with tradition precipitated by Jacob Bernays with his medical interpretation of catharsis as “unburdening.” Breuer and ...
It was Aristotle who first postulated the cathartic impact of tragedy, and this connection has continued to be a subject of discussion ever since. This study inquires into the break with tradition precipitated by Jacob Bernays with his medical interpretation of catharsis as “unburdening.” Breuer and ...
Was ist Mimesis? Seit der Antike wird diese Frage kontrovers diskutiert. Der Mensch ist nach Aristoteles das "mimetischste" aller Lebewesen: Durch "Nachahmung" lernt er, sich in der Welt zurecht zu finden; er freut sich daran, im Nachgeahmten Bekanntes wiederzuentdecken. Dieses grundlegende Vermögen ...
Die Arbeit untersucht den Wandel des europäischen Pindarverständnisses: Bereitet Erasmus der Wiederentdeckung des princeps lyricorum den Weg, so bildet Herder einen Höhepunkt der enthusiastischen Rezeption, die im 19. Jahrhundert rasch verebbt. Pindar dient als Paradigma heterogener Diskurse, angefangen ...