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Wirtschaftsroman oder Wirtschaftspop?
- Rainald Goetz’ novel Johann Holtrop has repeatedly been read as a failed satire of the 21st century’s financial crisis: On the one hand, its descriptions were understood as opinionated and sententious. On the other hand, critics were irritated by what was seen as an inconsequent integration of realistic narration into Goetz’ hyperbolic style of writing. This paper takes a different stance on the text: First, it discusses the work’s allusions to realistic narration and the financial crisis in detail. Second, it argues that Johann Holtrop transfers the idea of a collapsing economy into an only partially realistic poetic of distortion. Third, it suggests that this strategy can be fruitfully compared to a crumbling system of credit. On this basis, the novel is read as an inherently literary depiction of the financial crisis.
Author details: | Fabian LampartORCiDGND, Natalie MoserORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62288-9_13 |
ISBN: | 978-3-662-62287-2 |
ISBN: | 978-3-662-62288-9 |
Title of parent work (German): | Kredit und Bankrott in der deutschsprachigen Literatur |
Subtitle (German): | zur Poetik des Kredits in Rainald Goetz' "Johann Holtrop" |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place of publishing: | Berlin |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | German |
Date of first publication: | 2021/02/10 |
Publication year: | 2021 |
Release date: | 2022/03/17 |
Tag: | Bankrott <Motiv>; Geld <Motiv>; Kredit <Motiv>; Literatur |
First page: | 261 |
Last Page: | 279 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Germanistik |
DDC classification: | 8 Literatur / 83 Deutsche und verwandte Literaturen / 830 Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur |