tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post2661403250016109262..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Austrian Literature & Patriarchal MonstersAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-49291239480893619532008-05-23T09:17:00.000-05:002008-05-23T09:17:00.000-05:00Yes, I love this aspect of Austrian literature too...Yes, I love this aspect of Austrian literature too, it is specially true for Musil. IN our time this Art vs Science split has become even worse than it was when Musil wrote about it in Man Without Qualities. On one hand we have soulless scientists and on the other hand we have "artists" who peddle unrealities.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-37840899298155717372008-05-23T00:51:00.000-05:002008-05-23T00:51:00.000-05:00In regard specifically to Austrian literature, I l...In regard specifically to Austrian literature, I like the fact that there were more scientifically trained, and accomplished, figures who took up artistic expression. E.g., Musil was trained as an engineer, Canetti's university degree was in chemistry, Broch had a technical background, and Schnitzler was a medical doctor. I don't think the 'art vs. science' split was as pronounced there as it is in the English-speaking world.praymonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799593980838361293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-64296769099575311872008-05-21T19:56:00.000-05:002008-05-21T19:56:00.000-05:00self-fulfilling paranoia? there is definitely some...self-fulfilling paranoia? there is definitely some truth in what you say. the bleakness of German history in the modern age somewhat confirms it too. Woyzeck, Nietzsche, Young Torless, Kafka, The Magic Mountain, Man without Qualities - these are all paranoid works but they were also prophetic. I don't know it sounds a little pretentious but I feel that these works managed to capture a sense of world-historical forces at work...Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-41985044537558214182008-05-21T09:14:00.000-05:002008-05-21T09:14:00.000-05:00I am glad you didn't mind.is it a literature of ex...I am glad you didn't mind.<BR/>is it a literature of extremes....? really.....or a morbid narcissistic self fulfilling paranoia?<BR/>the negation and self destructing rants of say Bernhard seem really the opposite.....an uncompromising love for the hated object.<BR/>a literature of extremes would stretch itself beyond recognition till the finished page sprouts in hope. not negation.Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-52438344750012095602008-05-20T19:08:00.000-05:002008-05-20T19:08:00.000-05:00well read? haha!! thanks anyway:)hmmm i will to th...well read? haha!! thanks anyway:)<BR/><BR/>hmmm i will to think about that. But in general I like the way they deal with Big questions and are so uncompromising. Literature of extremes and a literature built around negation also fascinate me.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-24995565594024326402008-05-20T13:30:00.000-05:002008-05-20T13:30:00.000-05:00An innocent question really.....why are you so obs...An innocent question really.....why are you so obssessed with Austrian/German literature? i know you are well read, but.......( please understand, this question has no hidden, sensitive motives, i so admire your blog, as you know. i wish i didn't have to repeat it,thinking this question might offend you, another reason to turn towards lacan, zizek, psychoanalysis etc)........Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.com