| Time: | July 3, 2019, 7:30 p.m. (CEST) |
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| Venue: | Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart Mailänderplatz 1 70173 Stuttgart |
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Walter Scott, the ‘inventor’ of the historical novel, was a renowned and acclaimed author in the first half of the 19th century. When he first became popular, Honoré de Balzac imitated Scott’s new genre of novel, before he realized that he would have to come up with his own variations in order to remain on the book market. He did this by devising a new concept for a novel, where he drew inspiration from history, but history that reached into the present. A famous example of this is Le Père Goriot. – Flaubert, who was the next generation after Balzac. His historical novel Sentimental Education, which also replicated Balzac’s work and presented a skeptical, pessimistic view of history, which influenced political and philosophical reflection in the 20th century.
This lecture will be held in German
At the invitation of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Dickhaut, Institute of Literary Studies
This event is sponsored by the Robert Bosch Foundation, with funds from the DVA Foundation.
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