Möglichkeiten der intertextuellen Interpretation von Gottfried Benns Gedichten
Möglichkeiten der intertextuellen Interpretation von Gottfried Benns Gedichten

Summary/Abstract: Benn‘s manifold and excessive intertextuality can be interpreted as his way of writing modern poetry. In comparison with traditional “Erlebnislyrik” he achieves modernity through an alienation of the world using the terminology of positivist medicine in his expressionistic period. Later, face to the disoriented Weimar society he, like many contemporaries, is clinging to the old meanings and forms of myth. During the 50ies he gets involved in the new perception of phraseology of mass media and the appeal of modern everyday life. The return to the lyrical tradition during the 30ies and 40ies is a well-directed borrowing to confirm his own way under the threat of the Third Reich. Thus Benn creates his modern poetry by referring to the insights, experiences, and expressions of other authors that transgress the existing limits in literature and poetry

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