“Nature and its knowledge are created together”. The Productive Forming of the Self and Allegorical Fiction in Novalis’ Art of Writing Cover Image

„A természet és a megismerése egyszerre jön létre”. Produktív énformálás és allegorikus fikcionalizálás Novalis írásművészetében
“Nature and its knowledge are created together”. The Productive Forming of the Self and Allegorical Fiction in Novalis’ Art of Writing

Author(s): Tamás Valastyán
Subject(s): German Literature
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: formation of the self; image of nature; anti Classicism; performativity; magical nomadity; miner;

Summary/Abstract: The aesthetical thinking of Novalis and his philosophical considerations goes hand in hand with his literary activity. The encyclopaedic project as a more comprehensive framework delineates the contours of these two areas. His conception has been formed by his interest in the natural sciences and the philosophy of history. The paper focuses on the question of how his investigation on nature assimilates and stages an autopoietic, performative movement that makes it possible for him to develop the interactive conception of nature and poetry. This interaction, compared to the rather absolutistic, unity-based developmental systems, can be regarded as a nomad or tropical feature.

  • Issue Year: LXXXIII/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 15-25
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian