09 Philosophisch-historische Fakultät
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Item Open Access Directions in german american studies: the challenge of the "New Historicism"(1990) Ziegler, HeideThe object of American Studies, the culture and civilization of the United States, is, paradoxically, no longer restricted to the United States as subject matter. Instead, American texts must be seen more and more as overarching cultural texts. Second, any method indebted to the New Historicism must itself be put in historical perspective, reflecting the fact that it is usable but uncertain in its results. Interest largely seems to supplant the search for truth. Yet since this interest must be kept alive more by the inner consistency of the argument than by adducing external facts, the plot - despite the fact that it assimilates elements of varying importance - can constitute a synthesis, wherein historical interpretation triumphs over pure chance in the aesthetic ordering of the parts into a whole. Thus, in spite of its limitations, the aesthetic leanings of the New Historicism strike me as able to impart new impulses to German American Studies at the present time and lead the discipline out of its provinciality.Item Open Access Zum Standort zeitgenössischer Literaturtheorie(1993) Ziegler, HeideDie Vertreter zeitgenössischer Literaturtheorien sind durch die zunehmende Thematisierung des Multikulturalismus in den USA und die entsprechend veränderte literarische Kanonbildung in amerikanischen Universitäten auch in Europa in eine Defensivposition gedrängt worden, die sich vor allem in vorsichtig-unbehaglichen Reflexionen auf den eigenen ideologischen Standort spiegelt. Obwohl die amerikanische Literaturtheorie ihrerseits europäische Einflüsse weiterhin nicht negieren kann, so sind diese Einflüsse aus europäischer Perspektive häufig eher eklektischer als organischer Natur.Ich möchte hier und heute an zwei Beispielen einerseits eine Begründung der europäischen Vorgehensweise anzudeuten versuchen und andererseits deren Relevanz auch und gerade vor dem Hintergrund eines multikulturellen Ansatzes nordamerikanischer Prägung aufweisen.Item Open Access Art and omnipotence: genre manipulation in "Requiem for a nun"(1991) Ziegler, Heide"Requiem lor a Nun" is usually classified as a novel. Yet it remains an irritating example of the genre, since it appears to defy even the loosest definition of a novel. It consists of the three acts of a play called "Requiem for a Nun", each of which is preceded by a long introduction seemingly unrelated to the action, if not the setting, of the play.Item Open Access Directions in german american studies: the challenge of the "New historicism"(1990) Ziegler, HeideThe object of American Studies, the culture and civilization of the United States, is, paradoxically, no longer restricted to the United States as subject matter. Instead, American texts must be seen more and more as overarching cultural texts. Second, any method indebted to the New Historicism must itself be put in historical perspective, reflecting the fact that it is usable but uncertain in its results. Interest largely seems to supplant the search for truth. Yet since this interest must be kept alive more by the inner consistency of the argument than by adducing external facts, the plot - despite the fact that it assimilates elements of varying importance - can constitute a synthesis, wherein historical interpretation triumphs over pure chance in the aesthetic ordering of the parts into a whole. Thus, in spite of its limitations, the aesthetic leanings of the New Historicism strike me as able to impart new impulses to German American Studies at the present time and lead the discipline out of its provinciality.