Hat Als Blubo Sich Verdachtig Gemacht, Langst Ehe Die Abkurzung Uber Das Abgekurzte Die Wahrheit Sagte
The VolksstUcke III. THE VOLKSSTtJCKE Das VolksstUck ( ••• ) hat als Blubo sich verdachtig gemacht, langst ehe die AbkUrzung Uber das AbgekUrzte die Wahrheit sagte. UnbekUmmert (.,,) gab die Gattung zu verstehen, kleinstadtisches, landliches Leben, die Reste des vorindustriellen Zustands, taugten mehr als die Stadt; der Dialekt sei warmer als die Hochsprache, die derben Fauste die rechte Antwort auf urbane Zivilisation, (Theodor Adorno) (1). The following examination of the Volksstilcke, hitherto the focal point of Horvath scholarship, has three main intentions, Firstly, the present state of knowledge about the Volksstilcke will be ascertained, Leading on from this, an attempt will be made to reconstruct the image of the VolksstUck that existed in the period Horvath was writing, Particular emphasis will be placed on the later development of the genre after 1850 as a rural VolksstUck. Horvath critics have all too frequently associated Horvath's VolksstUck with the tradition of the Viennese Popular Comedy of Raimund and Nestroy, It would seem more logical that his Volksstilck is in fact a reaction against a more contemporary development, still very much alive as a dramatic form. The second section will be devoted to an analysis of Die Bergbahn, Horvath's first VolksstUck, which has been neglected in favour of the four later works, For this reason the play will be analysed separately and examined in its context as a reaction against the conservative ideological component inherent in the rural VolksstUck by this time, Horvath himself described it later as a "skizzenhaften Versuch" (II,663) but it nevertheless reveals the seeds of the later mature VolksstUcke and carries out equally effectively the genre critique of the VolksstUck, The four works.Italienische Nacht, Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, Kasimir und Karoline and Glaube Liebe Hoffnung will~understood as formally and thematically closely related works.
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