Thomas Mann y el retorno de lo reprimido: vida u obra

Este ensayo explora el constante motivo fundamental que da cohesión a toda la obra de Thomas Mann: el «desplome de una actitud trabajosamente obtenida y cultivada a través de la inteligencia y la renuncia» y el «ululante triunfo del mundo de los instintos». Dicho de otro modo: el retorno de lo reprimido. Detrás de la extraordinaria congruencia y organicidad del universo poético manniano laten angustias eróticas que acuciaron al hombre de carne y hueso. Estas páginas exploran la transfiguración poética de tales pulsiones, en esencia homoeróticas, en obras como El pequeño señor Friedemann, El payaso, Tonio Kröger, Muerte en Venecia y La montaña mágica, entre otras, donde su autor alcanza admirables cúspides de silencio velado.

Schreiben im Exil

Schreiben im Exil ist im »Jahrhundert der Extreme« ein Politikum, das in Deutschland auch die »Innere Emigration« betrifft. Dies zeigen Porträts von Gottfried Benn bis Stefan Zweig, von Hannah Arendt bis Tony Judt. Schreiben im Exil ist im »Jahrhundert der Extreme« ein Politikum. Die Essays blicken auf deutsche wie europäische Intellektuelle in politisch ganz verschiedenen Lebenssituationen. Gottfried Benn und Felix Hartlaub schrieben innerhalb Deutschlands für die Schublade, während Hans Scholl intellektuellen Widerstand leistete. Thomas Mann blickte weithin zornig auf die »Innere Emigration« und kehrte aus dem Exil nur kurz in beide Teile Deutschlands zurück. Erich Auerbach skizzierte seit 1942 in Istanbul das Passionsmotiv in der Weltliteratur. Für Stefan Zweig endet das in Brasilien mit seinem Freitod. Die philosophischen Vorformen des totalitären Denkens untersuchte Karl Popper in Neuseeland seit 1945. Seine politischen Auswirkungen nach der Oktoberrevolution und im Kalten Krieg demonstrieren jeweils anders die Lebenswerke von Ossip Mandelstam und Gustaw Herling. Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts bilanzieren Tony Judt und Adam Zagajewski in Ideengeschichte und Poesie das kosmopolitische Exil, das Hannah Arendt im Namen des jüdischen Paria Franz Kafka in New York schon während des Holocaust umrissen hatte.

„Schriftstellerischer“ Kampf gegen antipolnische Stereotype? Thomas Manns Interview für La Pologne Littéraire

In this article, an interview that Thomas Mann gave to the magazine La Pologne Littéraire in April 1927 is carefully analyzed in the context of Polish-German relations. At the time, the public opinion of the Weimar Republic was dominated by anti-Polish stereotypes. In the analyzed interview, Mann looks to show a different face of Poland, depicting it as a country with a rich cultural heritage that is insufficiently known in Germany. His fight against anti-Polish stereotypes would not yield any visible results but his article still remains an engaging testimony of Polish-German dialogue.

Arnold Schoenberg amidst the Struggle between Scientific Materialism and Spiritual Revival

Post-war historiography has downplayed the spiritual dimension of modernist artists in order to present their work more favorably in a culture overshadowed by scientific materialism. Drawing from several sources, this paper reconstructs an interpretation of the context with which Schoenberg as an individual artist had to contend with. The first section sets the stage for understanding the struggle between scientific materialism and movements of spiritual revival. The second section deals directly with Schoenberg's case and addresses not only the criticisms directed against his music, but also tries to shed light on his problematic relation to Adorno and Thomas Mann. The concluding section argues that although Schoenberg’s public perception is strongly technical, as a composer he was pursuing aims that can only be made sense of if one is sensitive to his religious and spiritual context.

From the Correspondence of Musicologist Ona Narbutienė: Letters from Composer Jeronimas Kačinskas

This paper deals with studies into the personal archive of the musicologist Ona Narbutienė (1930–2007), including a number of previously unpublished documents. Narbutienė’s musicological heritage, which has been little investigated so far, consists of books, articles, lectures, radio and TV shows, musical evenings, texts for record sleeves and CD inlays as well as the conceptual framework, the programme, and texts for the International Thomas Mann Festival in Nida. Within the context of this heritage, her lessons and lectures stand out for their special role in shaping the views, attitudes, and professional choices of the musicologists of the younger generation. The evidence of all these activities can be found in Narbutienė’s private archive compiled over many years and thus displaying the content of great historical and musicological value. The paper examines Narbutienė’s musicological interests as revealed in her personal correspondence and their relationship to certain professional imperatives. Narrative, interview, historical-analytical, and empirical research methods were employed in this study.

A EPIDEMIA DO CÓLERA EM A MORTE EM VENEZA, DE THOMAS MANN

O objetivo do estudo é mostrar a viagem externa e interna de Gustav Aschenbach, um escritor alemão, viúvo, famoso e rico, protagonista de A morte em Veneza, de Thomas Mann, o qual vivenciou e ficcionalizou na novela, a epidemia do cólera, ocorrida na Itália, em 1911. Com partida de Munique, o autor segue até Veneza, a fim de descansar durante o verão. Hospedado no Grande Hotel dos Banhos, ele desenvolve um amor platônico pelo ideal da juventude e da beleza, personificada por Tadeus (Tadzio), que tinha 14 aos de idade. A análise da paisagem física e abstrata de Veneza, imersa na rápida propagação de uma enfermidade letal, que, inicialmente, foi ocultada dos turistas e atingiu mortalmente Aschenbach, será baseada nos conceitos de ‘lugar concreto’ e de ‘espaço abstrato’, de Tuan.