Ort VF (2014)
Publication Language: German
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2014
Book Volume: 33
Pages Range: 133-149
In acknowledgement of both the intellectual aspirations and the poetical style of Friedrich Schiller’s Aesthetic Education, the following article will re-interpret a passage in the 22nd letter that can be designated as a 'Poetics in nuce'. Initially, it will be pointed out that Schiller’s theory of human perception as well as his semiotic model focus on the problem of commerce between matter and mind or sign and meaning. Subsequently, it will be shown that the terms Form and Stoff establish a connection between anthropology and poetics by shaping both theories according to the model of metabolism, which is a common metaphor employed to describe the res / verba relation in classical rhetoric. Consequently, I will demonstrate that the epistemological discourse in the letters 24 to 27, in stressing the senses of sight and hearing, leads to a theory of aesthetic communication that integrates rhetorical techniques of creating appearance ("Schein") by adapting these strategies to the requirements of written communication in print cultures.
APA:
Ort, V.F. (2014). "Den Stoff durch die Form vertilgen". Das res/verba-Problem in Friedrich Schillers 'Briefen über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen'. Rhetorik : ein internationales Jahrbuch, 33, 133-149. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rhet.2014.010
MLA:
Ort, Varun Friedrich. ""Den Stoff durch die Form vertilgen". Das res/verba-Problem in Friedrich Schillers 'Briefen über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen'." Rhetorik : ein internationales Jahrbuch 33 (2014): 133-149.
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