"WORT" UND "TAT" IN ANDREAS GRYPHIUS' "LEO ARMENIUS," "CAROLUS STUARDUS" UND "PAPINIANUS." (GERMAN TEXT) (GEIST).
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Title
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"WORT" UND "TAT" IN ANDREAS GRYPHIUS' "LEO ARMENIUS," "CAROLUS STUARDUS" UND "PAPINIANUS." (GERMAN TEXT) (GEIST).
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Identifier
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AAI8423081
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identifier
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8423081
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Creator
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LASTING, INGEBORG.
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Contributor
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Allen McCormick | Fred J. Warnke
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Date
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1984
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Literature, Germanic
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Abstract
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Gryphius' concern with the "word" is evident in his entire oeuvre. In his Trauerspiele Leo Armenius, Carolus Stuardus, and Papinianus, the numerous occurrences of the term "word" constitute a motif that is to be seen in the context of the "deed," and a third component, the "spirit." As such, the motif bears directly on the passivity of the protagonists and, consequently, the scarcity of action. Underlying Gryphius' use of the motif is, among others, the classical idea of sapientia et fortitudo--in its widest form of "word and deed"--and, in the main, the theological model of the trinity concept with a concentration on the figure of Christ as God-man and martyr.;Due to the Fall of man, "word" and "deed" have become dichotomous, man disharmonious. The possibility of a rectification of the human dilemma is given only through the "spirit"-concept (Geist) with its extension of the "conscience" (Gewissen). This dissertation attempts to show that what in Leo Armenius, the poet's first drama, appears to be a negative message--the "deed" having become totally separated from the "word"--was a provisional and later unacceptable one. The motif reappears in expanded form in Carolus Stuardus, and finds its culmination and resolution in the poet's last drama, Papinianus.;In Chapters I, II, and III key passages of the motif, its expansions and development in Leo Armenius, Carolus, and Papinianus, respectively, are analyzed. Chapter IV explores the predication of the motif in the three dramas in terms of "action." Semantic-linguistic supporting evidence for the "passivity"-theory, and the inherent dynamic qualities of the motif are presented. As related peripheral ideas expressed through the motif, Chapter V deals with the nexus "word:ear": "speech und reception," and with the protagonists' search for identity.;The motif in the three dramas attests to the continuative development and expansion of a fundamental concern with the human existence.
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Germanic Languages and Literatures
