TY - CHAP
T1 - Widerspruch als konstitutives Element der Wissensvermittlung in literarischen Texten des späten 16. Jahrhunderts (Fischart, Rollenhagen, Historia von D. Johann Fausten, Wagnerbuch)
AU - Auteri, Laura
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In the second half of the sixteenth century, the transfer of knowledge is a con- flict situation: on the one hand, there is a generalised thirst for knowledge but, on the other, a fear of the circulation of new ideas on the part of both the secular and religious authorities. This was especially the case with regard to informa- tion related to the areas of medicine, astronomy, and alchemy-magic which was banned or censored. This paper argues that many authors relied on a Poetics of Contradiction in order to be able to transmit this information. Despite appa- rently opposing statements or thanks to their apparent opposition, they trans- mitted a meaningful message and allowed attentive, elitist readers to partake of and acquire significant knowledge. The examples considered here mostly come from Fischart’s Geschichtklitterung, Rollenhagen’s Froschmeuseler, and the anonymous Wagnerbuch.
AB - In the second half of the sixteenth century, the transfer of knowledge is a con- flict situation: on the one hand, there is a generalised thirst for knowledge but, on the other, a fear of the circulation of new ideas on the part of both the secular and religious authorities. This was especially the case with regard to informa- tion related to the areas of medicine, astronomy, and alchemy-magic which was banned or censored. This paper argues that many authors relied on a Poetics of Contradiction in order to be able to transmit this information. Despite appa- rently opposing statements or thanks to their apparent opposition, they trans- mitted a meaningful message and allowed attentive, elitist readers to partake of and acquire significant knowledge. The examples considered here mostly come from Fischart’s Geschichtklitterung, Rollenhagen’s Froschmeuseler, and the anonymous Wagnerbuch.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/348024
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-658-24162-9
SP - 319
EP - 327
BT - Poetiken des Widerspruchs
ER -