Narrating an unnarratable present Musil, schematism, and the writing of modernity
Abstract Robert Musil characterizes the moment of modernity that is the historical setting of his novel The Man without Qualities with the expression “Seinesgleichen geschieht,” which he glosses by explaining that the present lacks determinacy and as a result remains unsurveyable ( unübersichtlich )...
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| Published in | Orbis litterarum Vol. 74; no. 4; pp. 278 - 291 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.08.2019
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