Memoria storica, memoria letteraria e critica del presente nel Doktor Hoechst di Robert Menasse
Historical Memory, Literary Memory and Criticism of the Present in Doktor Hoechst by Robert Menasse
Author(s): Francesco RossiSubject(s): History of ideas, Comparative Study of Literature, Austrian Literature, Drama
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Historical Memory; Faust; Faustian Myth; Johann Wolfgang Goethe; Robert Menasse; Rewriting; Transhumanism;
Summary/Abstract: Doktor Hoechst by Robert Menasse (staged in 2009 and published in 2013) is a “Faust-Play” (subtitle) dense with references and allusions to Goethe’s Faust, whose purpose is not so much to provide a contemporary reinterpretation of the Faustian myth, but rather a Faustian interpretation of contemporaneity. This contribution will investigate the convergences that arise between this reinterpretation, charged with tensions with the present, and the theme of memory – a memory that, although it does not belong to the source text, is overwritten on it, reactivating some essential meanings.
Journal: Caietele Echinox
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 308-321
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Italian
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