Геният и гениалността във фокуса на „деутопизацията“ на езика в романа „Човекът без качества“ от Роберт Музил
The Concept Of Genius And The Quality Of Genius In The Focus On The 'Deutopization' Of Language In Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities

Author(s): Elitsa Dubarova-Petkova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Austrian Literature
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: concept of genius; language; The Man Without Qualities; procedure of deutopization; irony
Summary/Abstract: This text presents only one aspect of the so-called procedure of deutopization of language in Robert Musil’s novel The Man Without Qualities. The thesis here is that the Austrian writer aims to undermine the “tyranny” of language by ironically presenting the interplay between etymological and contemporary meanings, projected onto overvalued concepts, one of which is the concept of genius in this case. From the grotesque clash between the authentic instrumental nature of language and its added ideal value in modern times, the entire ironic universe (simultaneously fascinating and terrifying) of The Man Without Qualities is born.

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