KÜNSTLER(FIGUR): FIGURA ARTISTULUI LA THOMAS MANN ŞI CONEXIUNI CU ESTETICA LUI TUDOR VIANU. RECURENŢE ŞI ANALOGII CONCEPTUALE
KUNSTLER(FIGUR): THOMAS MANN'S ARTIST FIGURE(S) IN CONNECTION WITH THE AESTHETICS OF TUDOR VIANU. RECURRENCES AND CONCEPTUAL ANALYSES

Summary/Abstract: Building upon previous research on Tudor Vianu’s aesthetics, the current article delves into the issue of art and the artist, a central theme in the aesthetic systems of the early 20th century (as exemplified by the Romanian critic T. Vianu) as well as in the literature of that epoch. The applied analysis concentrates on Thomas Mann, for whose work these issues were of major concern. The dialogue is explicit: the German author was of great interest for the Romanian theorist (Vianu was awarded his doctorate in Tübingen in 1923) and so we consider worth examining the shared standpoints regarding art in their approaches and the European concern of the time for the artist. The Künstler(figur) is discussed here based on Vianu’s aesthetics, but with an applied focus on Thomas Mann’s ambivalent artist protagonists (Tonio Kröger, Gustav Aschenbach, Adrian Leverkühn etc.), their identity and symbolism.

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