FEATURES OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE IDEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC COMPLEX OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN IN THE NOVEL BY DANIEL KEHLMANN “I AND KAMINSKI”

Abstract

The article examines the rethinking of the romantic tradition, primarily the “Hoffmann complex,” in the works of the author of the Austrian “new wave” Daniel Kehlmann. The young writer has written several works; the topic of our study is the 2003 novel “I and Kaminski” (“Ich und Kaminski”) in its correlation with the ideological and aesthetic tradition of German romanticism, in particular, with the work of E.T.A. Hoffmann. Intertextuality is one of the most characteristic features of D. Kehlmann’s prose. Romantic plot schemes and images appear in all of the author’s works, since they largely correspond to the author’s intention – the creation of an artistic picture of the world in a complex interweaving of the real and the mystical, the actual and the fictional. The main material for the study of the topic was the novel “I and Kaminsky” (2003), but within the framework of the studied problems, the author’s later works are also involved, in particular, the novel “F” (2014), where the previously stated themes are continued, and previous artistic techniques are used. Irony and grotesque, immersion in the psychology of the heroes as a way to identify the reasons for the hero’s split personality, the symbols of a mirror, eyes, a labyrinth – all these components of the “Hoffmann complex” acquire a modern sound in the works of Daniel Kehlmann.