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By the way ,I think you are all mistaking. Although Franz Kafka wrote in German ,he is from the Czech Republic.
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I think the author of this thread was pretty clear that he or she meant literature written in German.
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[QUOTE=Jantex]
By the way ,I think you are all mistaking. Although Franz Kafka wrote in German ,he is from the Czech Republic.
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I think the author of this thread was pretty clear that he or she meant literature written in German.
I second Surfer, we are discussing German literature, that is literature written in German. Although Kafka wasn't from a German speaking country he still wrote in German (and is geographically quite close) so why should we be mistaken is discussing him here? Besides I think almost all of us are aware that he was from Czech Republic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jantex
I loved The Metamorphosis by Kafka. Also right now studying Existentialism and Nietzche.
I read Hesse's "Steppenwolf" last year, and was impressed enough to read some more of his work. "The Glass Bead Game" (Die Glasperlenspiel) currently sits somewhere in my "to read" pile.
I read a book of Kafka's short stories too, and was a bit disappointed. "The Metamorphosis" was what motivated me to read the book, but I found this story to be flat boring. Some of the other stories in the collection were interesting though.
Hello Schiller, Of course German Literature is interesting. Some days ago I have downloaded the Kafka's Blue Octavo Notebooks in German Language and I hope I will take a time in summer to learn a little. I really adore a short and extraordinary tale that is in the Notebook Two, about men who have wings and refuse make use of them to fly away from their city, leaving behind their god, their dead and their country, in the hands of their enemies. Do you remember that? I also buyed Sonnets of Rilke, I'm confused now, I don't remember... yeah, Orfeo sonnets, I believe it begins just like this: Das stieg ein Baum... I'll allways remember that, I guess. I'm sorry about non poetical gramatical errors, but I am sure we all can share many things in despite of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schiller
I like German Literature.
I enjoyed the classics very, very much (I've read Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Lessing, Fontane and some of the Manns). But right now, I'm SO into the modern. By now I've read nearly everything by Kafka (there's a good Geman edition of ALL the stories and even the drafts) and I spend also some time interpreting him, it's great and very very creative...
I also enjoyed some of Lenz's stories. And I quite liked Berlin Alexanderplatz by Döblin.
I'm also very much into Ilse Aichinger and Botho Strauss at the moment. (the latter is SO great!!!)
I must say, (while I of course still think, that Faust (both parts) is SO showing of the genius of Goethe and I like the classics, I like the German Literature after 1850 more. It's more fun, less static. But well, of course, everything had to evolve from something.
Hi Thewinkens.
I'm from Denmark, but I wrote a paper for my Bahelor dergree in literature about Novalis' "Heinrich von Ofterdingen" I also read "Hymnen an die Nacht" and I even think I understood some of it!!!
I have read a bit of literature from the german romantic period, and also some of the more philosofical stuff that layed the ground for it (I began with Kant)
It has been a while since I read all this, but I believe I remember a lot of it though.
I have not read German Literature yet. Now, this thread has made me think about German Literature.
Does any one of you know Grass?
Sometimes he gets really glaring, some of his stuff is even gross, but he's brilliant.
I'm an American and I like these German fiction writers: Hesse, Kafka, Mann, Durrenmatt. Nietzsche is my favorite philosopher and the only philosopher I've read who knew how to write well, but I have also read Kant, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Heidegger and Marx. Haven't read Goethe and Heine yet, but I intend to eventually because I've heard very good things about them.
I don't particularly like German Lit... I have a weird opinion: I think that the German language and syntaxis are so complex that even a brilliant German book would result 'heavy' (no offence, but I'm not a fan of the German language)...or maybe I just met bad translations which made me build up this theory...
The main example of this is Thomas Mann's Death in Venice: I liked it, but it was a hard read... (and my mad teacher of German trying to make us read bits in original when our level was so much lower didn't help)... though I liked the concept of the book. I also like Tonio Kroeger. And "The Blue Angel" by Heinrich Mann. But all the time I wasn't excited about the style...
I don't like Hesse's Siddharta. It's exactly the opposite of what appeals to me.
I can't understand Kafka... I find him boring and kinda pointless, or rather I miss his point completely, despite having tried several times... The Metamorphosis has probably a point but I can't read those descriptions about his insect legs and all... I am really insect-phobic!I even tried to read it in German so that I wouldnt understand the details, but the little I understood was enough to make me imagine so I couldnt go on...:rolleyes:
i am german as well
and the above list of yours represents a fundamental aid to add to anyones study (see Daniel Schubart)
I love friedrich schiller, his fine intellect is reconisable even in its masquerade
How Schiller managed to be part of transcendentalism has been amazing I went to a Seminar in Kussel to find out more about metaphysical and logical branches which clearly mark his work in a systematic form
influenced by the Koenigsberg Professor Kant whose work is universally acknowledged, this high pretension of this sytem attracted Schiller foremost
an amazing man
Though short of days, how large the mind of man
Almost every day I pass by cafe Arco, where Kafka used to sit and my thoughts always go to him... He was influenced by Franz Brentano's philosophy and his work tells much truth about the 20th century. He was a prophet in a way..
As for the other German-writing authors, I like Hesse... I think all of his books are good. And of course Goethe and Schiller.
Has anyone of you read something by Grillparzer? He's an Austrian author... When I studied in Vienna, I saw his name almost everywhere..I thought this guy must be so famous.. But I had never heard of him before, so I felt a bit ashamed. Then I came acrros poem of his, which seemed to me pretty mediocre.. So if you know about something really good he wrote, pls let me know..
hey, though I've read Faust by Goethe I haven't read much German Literature. Is there anything you can recommend? I've read a lot of German philosophy- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Hegel... but I'd like to get more involved with it's literature as I'm slightly drifting from philosophy. :)
Can anybody help me find the source of the following piece of German text ?
"Aber jetzt stuermst Du voran, Wanderer durch vergangene Welten in die Zukunft".