Innovationen und Reproduktionen in Kulturen und Gesellschaften (IRICS) Wien, 9. bis 11. Dezember 2005

S E C T I O N S

Innovation and Reproduction in Austrian Literature and Film

Section Chair/ Suggestions, Abstracts, Papers to:

Donald G. Daviau (University of California/Wien)

ReferentInnen / Speakers >>

ABSTRACT:

The entire history of the world can be recounted in terms of the dichotomy between innovation and reproduction or tradition, and the arts represent a perfect example of the alternation of the two tendencies. The culture as well as the world needs both the preservation of the heritage and at the same time the capacity through innovation and change to expand human horizons and enable the development of new dimensions of intelligence, creativity and achievement.

This section will illustrate these principles through examples from Austrian literature and film. As is true of every field of human endeavor, Austrian literature and film exhibit periods of clinging to the past (thesis), followed by the innovation of new themes, forms and styles (antithesis), resulting in a blend (synthesis), which begins the Hegelian cycle anew. Presenters may address any aspect of innovation and reproduction, focusing on the contribution of movements or of individual authors or filmmakers. The topic is a rich one, and I look forward to a productive and meaningful session.

• Donald G. Daviau (University of California, Riverside): The Innovation and Reproduction of Nineteenth-Century Modernity in Europe [ABSTRACT]

• Gerd Schneider (Syracuse University): "…und der REIGEN erlebt eine kaninchenartige Fortsetzung." Schnitzler's Dialogreihe in Parodien, Adaptionen und Neugestaltungen [ABSTRACT]
• Nikolaus Unger (University of Warwick, England): Two "Good Europeans": Nietzschean Innovation in the Life and Thought of Hermann Bahr and Stefan Zweig [ABSTRACT]
• Gertraud Steiner Daviau (Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria, Vienna): George Marton: An Innovative Film Agent [ABSTRACT]
• Mark Bernheim (Miami University, Ohio): Innovations in the Literary Forms of Hermann Broch's Die Schlafwandler [ABSTRACT]
• Paul Dvorak (Virginia Commonwealth University): Reproducing the Past? Alois Brandstetter's Critique of Contemporary Austria [ABSTRACT]
• Francis Michael Sharp (University of the Pacific) : Doron Rabinovici's Ohnehin: Selective Memory and Multiple Pasts [ABSTRACT]
• Gerlinde Ulm Sanford (Syracuse University): Goran Rebic's Film Donau, Duna, Dunaj … The River as Symbol for Unity and Diversity [ABSTRACT]
• Helga Schreckenberger (University of Vermont): Eine österreichische Variante des nouveaux roman: Helga Glantschnigs Romane Wider Willen und Mirnock (1997) [ABSTRACT]
• Todd Hanlin (University of Arkansas)
• Jerry Fetz (University of Montana)
• Liz Ametsbichler (University of Montana)
• Marie Luise Caputo-Mayr (Temple University)
• Jörg Thunecke (Nottingham University)
• Beth Bjorklund (University of Virginia)
• Annette Daigger (Saarbrücken University)
• Pamela Saur (Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas): Toxic Parental Music in Grillparzer, Roth, and Jelinek [ABSTRACT]
• Marie Luise Caputo-Mayr (New York City): Kafka and Cinema [ABSTRACT]