Zwei Räuber. Eine Bemerkung zu Robert Walser und Søren Kierkegaard

Authors

  • Achim Seiffarth University College Roosevelt - Middelburg, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/1593-2478/6477

Abstract

Robert Walser’s robber novel is frequently criticized as an inconsistent and tortuous piece of writing lacking in structure. Moving from these premises, most critics adopt a psycho­logical or psychoanalytic interpretation of this work. My aim is to show that by correlating the main theme of the novel with a motif of Kierkegaard’s Repetition it is possible to better explain what happens in Walser’s text. In this perspective, his novel may be seen as a consequential development of a well-known romantic theme: the mirror theme.

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Published

2015-11-05