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Experiencing Ethics with Sterne and Musil

Experiencing Ethics with Sterne and Musil - Spectrum Literaturwissenschaft / Spectrum Literature

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Experiencing ethics not only refers to being confronted with a situation in which one must choose a course of action; it also makes reference to giving a narrative account of the circumstances and chain of events leading to such crossroads. Between both there is a chasm, a space of indeterminacy into which R. Musil and L. Sterne delve with aesthetic means. Their poetics move in opposite directions, but by following them to their last critical consequences this study reveals a kindred ethical stance.
This interpretation sheds light on the ethics revolving around character construction by examining the constraints thwarting any attempt to complete a biographical account or convey a protagonist that led his or her life. Neither Musil nor Sterne posit a narrative agenda that could reach a last chapter or lead to a groundwork determining their ethics. A closer look into their tight-knit prose reveals that both rely on the narrating, on a skill that must be incessantly cultivated through a digressive or essayistic style.
Equipped with a vast theoretical repertoire, this approach makes a strong case for a new constellation in comparative literature.

Book information

ISBN: 9783110655643
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 342
Weight: 624g
Height: 230mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 24mm