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Twelve seconds and «The singing chaos» by Alfred Döblin: Time metaphors of tetralogy «November 1918: A German revolution» (OPEN ACCESS)

Aspisova O.S.

Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow), Moscow, Russia, aspisova@gmail.com

Abstract

The paper focuses on the metaphors of time in the tetralogy «November 1918. A German Revolution» by Alfred Döblin (1878–1957), one of the key figures in the European Modernism. Doblin's ideas concerning the rules of constructing an epic work are supported by his late religious and mystical ideas. The tetralogy reflects his vision of non-linear and multilayered time of an individual and history.

Keywords

German culture; German literature of the 20-th century; 20th-century modernism; Alfred Döblin; historical time and individual time; space and time; A. Döblin’s tetralogy «November 1918: A German Revolution»

For citing: Aspisova O.S. Twelve seconds and «The singing chaos» by Alfred Döblin: Time metaphors of tetralogy «November 1918: A German revolution» // Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Мoscow, 2019. Vol. 3(38): Lozinskaya, E. (ed.) A human being in the time and space of culture, pp. 151-167. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2019.03.00

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