04552nam 22006852 450 991100846930332120151002020706.01-281-94927-297866119492731-57113-653-310.1515/9781571136534(CKB)1000000000704697(OCoLC)299740267(CaPaEBR)ebrary10354632(SSID)ssj0000251846(PQKBManifestationID)11192475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251846(PQKBWorkID)10175301(PQKB)10570286(UkCbUP)CR9781571136534(MiAaPQ)EBC3003591(DE-B1597)676697(DE-B1597)9781571136534(EXLCZ)99100000000070469720120822d2004|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierStorytelling in the works of Bunyan, Grimmelshausen, Defoe, and Schnabel /Janet BertschSuffolk :Boydell & Brewer,2004.1 online resource (152 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Studies in German literature, linguistics, and cultureTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).1-57113-299-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-145) and index.Bunyan's Grace abounding to the chief of sinners -- Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress -- Grimmelshausen's Der Abentheurliche simplicissimus Teutsch and Der seltzame Springinsfeld -- Introduction to the Robinsonade -- Defoe's Robinson Crusoe -- Schnabel's Wunderliche Fata einiger See-fahrer (Insel Felsenburg).The modern novel appeared during the period of secularization and intellectual change that took place between 1660 and 1740. This book examines John Bunyan's'Grace Abounding' and 'The Pilgrim's Progress,' Johann Grimmelshausen's 'Simplicissimus,' Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe,' and J. G. Schnabel's 'Insel Felsenburg' as prose works that reflect the stages in this transition. The protagonists in these works try to learn to use language in a pure, uncorrupted way. Their attitudes towards language are founded on their understanding of the Bible, and when they tell their life stories, they follow the structure of the Bible, because they accept it as 'the' paradigmatic story. Thus the Bible becomes a tool to justify the value of telling 'any' story. The authors try to give their own texts some of Scripture's authority by imitating the biblical model, but this leads to problems with closure and other tensions. If Bunyan's explicitly religious works affirm the value of individual narratives as part of a single, universal story, Grimmelshausen's and Defoe's protagonists effectively replace the sacred text with their own powerful, authoritative stories. J. G. Schnabel illustrates the extent of the secularization process in 'Insel Felsenburg' when he defends the entertainment value of escapist fiction and uses the Bible as the fictional foundation of his utopian civilization: arguments about the moral value of narrative give way to the depiction of storytelling as an end in itself. But Bunyan, Grimmelshausen, Defoe, and Schnabel all use positive examples of the transfiguring effect of reading and telling stories, whether sacred or secular, to justify the value of their own works. Janet Bertsch teaches at Wolfson and Trinity College, Cambridge.Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)Storytelling in the Works of Bunyan, Grimmelshausen, Defoe, & SchnabelStorytelling in literatureGerman fictionEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismGerman fiction18th centuryHistory and criticismFiction17th centuryHistory and criticismFiction18th centuryHistory and criticismStorytelling in literature.German fictionHistory and criticism.German fictionHistory and criticism.FictionHistory and criticism.FictionHistory and criticism.833/.509HK 1575BSZrvkBertsch Janet1974-1826219UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9911008469303321Storytelling in the works of Bunyan, Grimmelshausen, Defoe, and Schnabel4394186UNINA