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Hans Henny Jahnn and James Joyce: The Birth of the Inner Monologue in the German Novel

Hans Henny Jahnn and James Joyce: The Birth of the Inner Monologue in the German Novel BREON MITCHELL It is the purpose of this essay to indicate the impact of James Joyce's Ulysses upon Perrudja, the first novel to be written by Hans Henny Jahnn1. This investigation is part of a larger study of the total impact of Ulysses upon the German novel in the years 1922 to 1933. In order to clarify the points I will make with regard to Perrudja it will be necessary to indicate briefly how Joyce's use of inner monologue (äs I shall refer to the 'stream of consciousness' technique) differs from earlier occurrences in German literature. This is the bürden of the first section of the essay, while the second will focus close attention upon the texts involved. I It is often said that James Joyce introduced the 'stream of consciousness' into the modern novel. In the most meaningful sense this is true. Yet Joyce never denied that he took this technique from Edouard Dujardin's Les lauriers sont coiipes (1887)2. The resolution of this apparent paradox lies in a careful definition of the term 'stream of consciousness' and its most commonly accepted German equivalent, the 'innere Monolog'. A great deal of time and energy has been devoted to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arcadia - Internationale Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft / International Journal for Literary Studies de Gruyter

Hans Henny Jahnn and James Joyce: The Birth of the Inner Monologue in the German Novel

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
ISSN
0003-7982
eISSN
1613-0642
DOI
10.1515/arca.1971.6.1-3.44
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Abstract

BREON MITCHELL It is the purpose of this essay to indicate the impact of James Joyce's Ulysses upon Perrudja, the first novel to be written by Hans Henny Jahnn1. This investigation is part of a larger study of the total impact of Ulysses upon the German novel in the years 1922 to 1933. In order to clarify the points I will make with regard to Perrudja it will be necessary to indicate briefly how Joyce's use of inner monologue (äs I shall refer to the 'stream of consciousness' technique) differs from earlier occurrences in German literature. This is the bürden of the first section of the essay, while the second will focus close attention upon the texts involved. I It is often said that James Joyce introduced the 'stream of consciousness' into the modern novel. In the most meaningful sense this is true. Yet Joyce never denied that he took this technique from Edouard Dujardin's Les lauriers sont coiipes (1887)2. The resolution of this apparent paradox lies in a careful definition of the term 'stream of consciousness' and its most commonly accepted German equivalent, the 'innere Monolog'. A great deal of time and energy has been devoted to

Journal

Arcadia - Internationale Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft / International Journal for Literary Studiesde Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1971

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