A Study on the Generation of 'Doppelganger' figures in German Literature around 1800

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370354
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Osaka Kyoiku University
• Principal Investigator: KAMEI Hajime 大阪教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00242793)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ドッペルゲンガー / ジャン・パウル / ハインリヒ・フォン・クライスト / E・T・Aホフマン / 物語論 / モチーフ研究 / 動物磁気術 / 医学史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

An analysis of the doppelganger motifs in the texts of Jean Paul, Heinrich von Kleist, and E. T. A. Hoffmann, reveals the three following points. a) The motifs were not derived from traditional dramas of mistaken identity since the time of Plautus. b) The internalization of the mythical motif of death and resurrection formed an image of a reflective self. c) This internalization process is linked to changes in the perception of the human body that accompanied the development of physiology. It was also influenced by idealism and romantic Aesthetics of the same era.

Free Research Field

ドイツ文学