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The Hafis-Goethe-Denkmal and Cultural Sounds? As artistic responses to Goethe’s Divan : between close reading and cultural politics
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Hodkinson, James R. (2021) The Hafis-Goethe-Denkmal and Cultural Sounds? As artistic responses to Goethe’s Divan : between close reading and cultural politics. Publications of the English Goethe Society, 89 (2-3). pp. 238-258. doi:10.1080/09593683.2020.1829269
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09593683.2020.1829269
Abstract
This paper examines two works of contemporary art, a sculpture-cum-civic monument and a sound installation, which respond to Goethe’s Divan. The discussion combines a critical review of the political climate within which the works were conceived with original interviews with the artists to offer close analysis of the works. I evaluate the relative impact that the Divan and scholarship on it had upon the two works. I further ask whether the artists and their sponsors felt compelled to downplay more contentious themes found in that legacy, given the ideal of intercivilizational dialogue so prominent in the discourses of German-Iranian cultural diplomacy. The paper offsets this critical reading, however, by highlighting the quite sophisticated treatments of occidental-oriental relations achieved by both works within their respective media.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DD Germany D History General and Old World > DS Asia N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR P Language and Literature > PT Germanic literature |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > German Studies Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. West-östlicher Divan, Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century. Dīvān, German literature -- Arab influences, Orientalism -- Germany, Art, Modern -- 20th century, Modernism (Art) -- Germany -- Weimar, Germany -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century, Iran -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century, Sound installations (Art) -- Germany -- Weimar | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Publications of the English Goethe Society | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0959-3683 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 26 January 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 89 | ||||||
| Number: | 2-3 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 238-258 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09593683.2020.1829269 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Publications of the English Goethe Society on 26/01/2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09593683.2020.1829269 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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