Thomas Mann is one of the most prominent autotextual authors who himself has commented on the key role of the leitmotif for his own work. According to the main thesis of this article, the connections between his texts is determined by a peculiar autotextual leitmotif technique. The paper elucidates what autotextual leitmotifs are and in what ways their development connects different texts of the author. The paper problematizes the boundaries between fiction and essay (in particular between the novel and the essay) of Thomas Mann through two examples of autotextual leitmotifs, the core of which is oriented towards the author's key problem of the relationship between genius and disease.
AUTOTEXTUAL LEITMOTIF TECHNIQUE. FEW ESSAYS BY THOMAS MANN (AND “DOKTOR FAUSTUS”)
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ИВАН ГЕОРГИЕВ (1999, Стара Загора) е докторант по западноевропейска литература в Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“ с дисертация на тема „Цитат и лайтмотив в творчеството на Томас Ман“. Интересува се от литературна теория, литературата на XX век и съвременността, културна антропология, история на идеите и творческо писане. B момента работи като редактор.
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