Browsing by Subject "Aesthetics"
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Art, Mind and Evolution
(2017-09-01)I argue that the fact that the purpose of art is still open to theorizing is perhaps one of the stronger arguments for art behaviors being instinctual. After exploring and critiquing a selection of evolutionary theories ... -
DAS LICHT DER KÜNSTE: HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHALS DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN MIT BLICK AUF WALTER PATERS THE RENAISSANCE
(2011-09-07)Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s literary relation to Walter Pater has already been established in the secondary literature; nevertheless, the Frau ohne Schatten has not been analysed with respect to this relation. This project ... -
“Imagined Rendering”: Photography, Memory, and Autobiography in Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family and The Cat’s Table
(2014-08-21)This thesis examines the idea of memory as a creative and aesthetic process in Running in the Family and The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje’s most autobiographical texts. By paying particular attention to the invocation ... -
Zur Tragödie und Heiterkeit. Oscar Wildes Salomé - eine heitere Tragödie?
(2016-08-30)this analysis. First, the definition and key features of tragedy will be discussed, followed by a closer look at the special circumstance of this public literary form after the 17th century in Europe. In relation to Steiner’s ...