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Die Konstituierung des Ichs in den Selbstportraits Maria Lassnigs, ihre bildnerische Umsetzung von Gefühlen und Empfindungen und die Frage nach der Übertragbarkeit des literarischen Begriffs des 'Inneren Monologs' auf Selbstbildnisse : 'Einmal von außen, dann von innen'
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe artistic occupation with the inner self, especially in self-portraits, ongoing for decades has repeatedly been defined as 'inner monologue'. The concept behind it is that the self-portrait represents a forum for the artist to enter into a discussion with him-/herself and to get to know the inner self pictorially in an introspective act of self-awareness. This implies, however, the assumption that a self-portrait is an authentic representation. Using numerous self-portraits of the Austrian painter Maria Lassnig (*1919), her display of inner processes is being analysed and her concept of body-awareness explored. Lassnig's main theme, the representation of bodily sensations, is based on a central discourse of the 20th century. In Lassnig's oeuvre this discourse merges with the insight that the identity constitutes itself via the body, through biological and social factors, history and susceptibility. In order to make the theoretical background apparent, the body is being analysed as a manifestation or cause for the individual identity. The findings of this dissertation can be summarized in the following theses: In principle, it is possible to transfer a descriptive term from one sphere of art to another. The analogue term, however, must be newly and unambiguously defined for the application in a field other than the original in order to highlight common and differing features with regard to the original term. Relating to Maria Lassnig, the term 'inner monologue' is, on the one hand, being used in the availabe source material in the sense of 'introspection' and also in the sense of 'creative process' on the other hand. Both usages are completely different from the literary term 'inner monologue' with regard to category as well as content. Common features are relatively few. As a result, this dissertation suggests the use of the term 'introspectively creative monologue' as it is less ambigious when dealing with the inner self in the artistic work process.
Degree
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- Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University
- Year dc:date
- 2002
Author and committee
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- Schümmer, Silke Andrea
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Gerlach, Peter
Subjects
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- info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
- Language dc:language
- ger
Identifiers
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- oai:publications.rwth-aachen.de:57256