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'Die rache der barbaren sei dir fern!' : myth, identity, and the encounter with the colonial other in Heinrich von Kleist's Die Hermannsschlacht
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Allan, Sean (2009) 'Die rache der barbaren sei dir fern!' : myth, identity, and the encounter with the colonial other in Heinrich von Kleist's Die Hermannsschlacht. Publications of the English Goethe Society, Vol.78 (No.1-2). pp. 47-59. doi:10.1179/174962809X399760
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174962809X399760
Abstract
When viewed through the ideological prism of the Roman/French imperial forces, the indigenous German population in Kleist's Die Hermannsschlacht is regarded as a primitive Other essentially in awe of the dominant power's apparent 'sophistication'. But as the play shows, it is precisely the failure of the latter to acknowledge the operations of self-interest that lie concealed within these discursive systems of its own making that constitutes a fatal weakness and leads, in time, to their eventual demise. By including the execution of Aristan — the only character besides Hermann to embrace a genuinely radical concept of freedom — Kleist invites the reader/spectator to take a critical view of the central protagonist.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration P Language and Literature > PT Germanic literature |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > German Studies | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811 -- Criticism and interpretation, Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811. Herrmannschlacht. English, Postcolonialism in literature, Nationalism -- Germany -- History, Nationalism -- Moral and ethical aspects, Ethics -- Germany -- History, Other (Philosophy) in literature | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Publications of the English Goethe Society | ||||
| Publisher: | Maney Publishing | ||||
| ISSN: | 09593683 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.78 | ||||
| Number: | No.1-2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 47-59 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1179/174962809X399760 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
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