ENGL 348 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Kroger, Duration Series
31 May 2016
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Published in 1901 26 years old. Read how the parts relate to each other. If you read the title as the family name : rise of the family = rise of firm decline of the family = decline of the firm. Mann (has) interest in bourgeoisie: its food, pleasures, customs, close, furniture. How class us manifest itself (in furniture) Novel study of wrong headedness in the bourgeoisie. Tony makes wrong choice in her first husband, second husband, and daughter"s husband. Novel preoccupied w/ money and how much money people have. Remittance man : embarrassing relative you send money to to keep away. Christian = remittance man when he is in hamburg. Mann interested in misrecognition of oneself/the bourgeoisie. Sometimes characters do things but they don"t know why. Status of the artist : something important/an issue in the novel. To tap into the imagination logical, rational, orderly inspiration has to be put into order.
