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<p>In Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s prose narratives time and again a&#xa0;peculiar genre designation surfaces that has thus far received too little scholarly attention: Hofmannsthal intitules a&#xa0;plethora of his early prose texts –&#xa0;such as »Reitergeschichte,« »Soldatengeschichte« and »Knabengeschichte«&#xa0;– as ›Geschichte‹. Based on a&#xa0;detailed examination of this designation and the corresponding texts, the essay argues that Hofmannsthal’s use of ›Geschichte‹ must be understood both in terms of poetic form and literary production. The allegedly generic reference evokes a&#xa0;principle of assembling and hierarchizing texts in anthologies, which Hofmannsthal simultaneously subverts and disentangles: his ›Geschichten‹ are dominated by narratological, syntactic, semantic, socio-group-related, and genealogical series. This claim makes it possible to recontextualize a&#xa0;wide range of Hofmannsthal’s highly canonical and lesser-known texts within genre history, while analyzing them as a&#xa0;coherent corpus. In doing so, the essay also opens up the possibility for a&#xa0;broader, yet-to-be-written history of the ›Geschichte‹ as a&#xa0;literary genre.</p>

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Gattungspoetik der ›Geschichte‹

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    2026年6月2日

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  • Sophie-C. Hartisch,
  • Sebastian P. Klinger

摘要

In Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s prose narratives time and again a peculiar genre designation surfaces that has thus far received too little scholarly attention: Hofmannsthal intitules a plethora of his early prose texts – such as »Reitergeschichte,« »Soldatengeschichte« and »Knabengeschichte« – as ›Geschichte‹. Based on a detailed examination of this designation and the corresponding texts, the essay argues that Hofmannsthal’s use of ›Geschichte‹ must be understood both in terms of poetic form and literary production. The allegedly generic reference evokes a principle of assembling and hierarchizing texts in anthologies, which Hofmannsthal simultaneously subverts and disentangles: his ›Geschichten‹ are dominated by narratological, syntactic, semantic, socio-group-related, and genealogical series. This claim makes it possible to recontextualize a wide range of Hofmannsthal’s highly canonical and lesser-known texts within genre history, while analyzing them as a coherent corpus. In doing so, the essay also opens up the possibility for a broader, yet-to-be-written history of the ›Geschichte‹ as a literary genre.