Topos og motiv: Et forskningshistorisk rids

Christian Dahl

Topos og motiv: Et forskningshistorisk rids

Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab

Abstract

The aim of this article is to clarify how literary topology relates historically and conceptually to the study of literary motifs. Topos and motif are associated concepts in literary theory, but attempts to define and compare them are evasive and few. While literary topology was, according to Ernst Robert Curtius, founded on the basis of classical rhetoric and concerned primarily the literary tradition of rhetorical eloquence, the notion of motif was, as I will argue, on the contrary conceived as a critical term at a time when rhetoric was loosing its grip on literary criticism at the end of the 18th century. My article will survey a number of influential positions in the history of literary theory and criticism concerning the study of motifs and topoi from Goethe to contemporary contextualist approaches.

Originalsprog	Dansk
Tidsskrift	K & K
Udgave nummer	123
Sider (fra-til)	23-36
Antal sider	14
ISSN	0905-6998
Status	Udgivet - 2017

Emneord

Det Humanistiske Fakultet
topos
motiv
kontekst
kronotop
E.R. Curtius
Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von)
retorik
litteraturteori

Adgang til dokumentet

https://tidsskrift.dk/kok/article/view/96827

Citationsformater

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