Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 1-19-1977 Unwiederbringlich und Effi Briest : Eine Studie zu Theodor Fontanes Erzahlweisë Christine Gentzkow Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the German Language and Literature Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Gentzkow, Christine, "Unwiederbringlich und Effi Briest : Eine Studie zu Theodorontanes F Erzahlweisë " (1977). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2560. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.2557 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Christine Gentzkow for the Master of Arts in German presented January 19, 1977. Title: Unwiederbringlich und Effi Briest: Eine Studie zu Theodor Fontanes Erzahlweise. APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE THESIS COMMITTEE: Fronz , Langbamm~mnan ~ . Linda B. Parshall Louis J. Elteto In thi's thesis an attempt is made to show the ::peculiar features of Fontane's narrative style as well as his art of characterization. I have tried to interpret his concept of humaneness in the two novels, Unwiederbringlich and Effi Briest, and to show how the composition of these novels is directed to the portrait of the individual. Theodor Fontane 1 s unusual distinction lies in his keen observation of the Prussian scene and his craftsmanship as a cosmopolitan story- teller. The principal elements of his works are a sense of historical continuity and an uncommon perception of the speech and gestures by which his characters reveal their particular virtues.