Emergence of nationalist styles. The Reception of the Nibelungenepos in the Weimar Republic

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370167
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Art at large
• Research Institution: Aichi Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Yamamoto Junko 愛知県立大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (80295576)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 視覚メディア / ディスクール分析 / サイレント映画 / ワイマール文化 / ニーベルンゲン伝説 / 群衆演出

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on collective festivals after the French Revolution, monumental architectures and eclectic architectures as a phenomenon of nationalism in 19 and 20 century, this research shows, that the effective application of "styles" from the (particularly Germanic) past reveals the aesthetic attempts to establish the national identity. The stylization introduced by the semiotic operations on optical media (e.g. theatrical events and cinematic effects) has an ideological effect, which influences on the world view as national identity created by directed coexistence. These phenomena are here traced through the Reception of a folk epic “Nibelungen” in the modern period.

Free Research Field

ドイツ文化