the uprising was a common social form in the life of the lower classes in the Early Modern Age. According to theory, no independent political action was to be expected from the "ignorant rabble", although according to Freud the entire "Western European culture" could be described as a product of "fear of the uprising of the oppressed". However, the dramatists of the period had to react to the "gestures of the folk uprising", because the tragedy was considered "the school of kings". Thus, plays evolved which disregarded political and poetic theory and presented the "people in revolt" in action. This study illustrates how this developed using prominent examples from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Author(s): Arnd Beise
Series: Hallesche Beiträge zur Europäischen Aufklärung, 40
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Year: 2010
Language: German
Pages: 446
City: Berlin
Tags: Literary Studies; German Literature; 18th Century; Literary Genres and Media Genre Studies
Frontmatter
Inhalt
Drama, Geschichte, Volk. Einleitung
Drama und theatralische Volksdarstellung im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert
Der Volksaufstand in ausgewählten politischen Dramen des 17. Jahrhunderts
Der „Krieg“ zwischen Obrigkeit und Untertanen in Christian Weises frühaufklärerischem Welttheater
Der Armen Schutz, der Unterdrückten Freund Gottscheds klassizistische Sittenlehre
Lessings Projekt eines vom Staatsinteresse befreiten Trauerspiels
Republikanismus und Revolte in den politischen Trauerspielen Johann Jakob Bodmers
„Das Volk stürmt herein. Die Türe in Trümmer.“ Volksdarstellungen beim jungen Friedrich Schiller
Im Taumel des Wahnsinns. Goethes (vor)revolutionäres Volk
Schlussbemerkung
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