| Who had a major influence on Keller | Feuerbach (a known atheist) Keller remained a loyal christian |
| What was this influence? | philosophies in liberalism and materialism; social awareness |
| Keller’s Main themes (resultant of influential person) | Social awareness |
| 4 works that influenced this novella | Romeo and Juliet, The Songs of Solomon, Dante’s Divine Comedy/ The Inferno, Gotthelf: Uli der Pöchter |
| Compare with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Main differences | not about burning passions but about self-hood informed by societal values and suicide resultant of inability to overcome pressures |
| Why is this story a true representative of Poetic Realism? | universal pattern played out in humble lives; low amount of vulgarity (father’s fight); written in High German despite setting; paints word pictures but keep it real wit fax |
| Why in Heyse’s theory | frame, no character development (snapshots), only one conflict (feud), turning point (Sali strikes Marti), falke |
| Why in Storm’s Theory | Isolation and confinement |
| 3 symbolic elements | Triangular patch of land, (crushed) gingerbread house,Verchen’s dream, stones, halbred, poppies, rosemary, roses, asters, grapevine |
| How can this be a bourgeois tragedy? 15 characteristics | Social deterioation and loss of caste, starts from high point from which |
| What is the key idea in this bourgeois tragedy? | De-classment |
Keller: A Village Romeo and Juliet
November 25, 2019