Einfälle, Zufälle, Ausfälle – Der Witz der Sprache

By (author) Bettine Menke

Book cover: Einfälle, Zufälle, Ausfälle – Der Witz der Sprache

Extent: 637 pages

Publisher: Brill | Fink

Subjects: Language & Linguistics, Literary Studies

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(September 2021)

ISBN: 9783770562220

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $90.00

On back order

The book offers close readings of texts from Jean Paul to Freud (as well as Gracian, Kleist, Sterne, Schlegel, Joyce). With its focus on the period from around 1800 to the beginnings of the 20th cent., it emphazises the joke as an event (of speech). Wit according to Jean Paul is a force that exceeds its description. It manifests itself in the play not only on words but also letters and even the written marks. With Freud, the joke then comes into view as a social process.

Bettine Menke ist Professorin der Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Erfurt. Ihre Interessen gelten u.a. Literatur und deren Theorie, der Medialität des Theaters und Übersetzung sowie Anderssprachigkeit.

  • By (author) Bettine Menke