Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von KleistP. Lang, 2007 - 153 Seiten What makes the trial so appealing as dramatic form? Why do we watch? Is it simply the quest for truth and justice? Or is it much more than that? From the time of Sophocles, the court has fascinated audiences and dramatists alike. Kleist is no exception, as each of his dramas and many of his stories and anecdotes contain a trial of some sort from its most primitive form of hand-to-hand combat in the duel to more conventional legal proceedings in secular, military and ecclesiastical courts. At trial, we desire, whether consciously or unconsciously, to have our own system of beliefs and behaviours affirmed rather than to attempt to achieve justice: self interest prevails at the expense of truth and equity. The focus of this book is the tension between the restoration of dike, the balance of natural order, and the pursuit of truth and justice as impetus behind the trial. With recourse to the concept of legal instrumentalism, which underscores this preference for order over justice in both the law and literature, the author examines Kleist's dramas to determine the extent to which those individuals in positions of power are able to manipulate the proceedings, seeking not justice and truth, but rather the validation of their own particular version of order. The trial, a tool generally thought to be designed to discover truth and to mete out justice, is used instead, in the hands of the powerful, as an instrument of control and degradation. |
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... similar ' ( 1145 ) . The lawyer must try to ' re - create ' the story ( the facts ) to the client's best advantage . This bears comparison to the work of the playwright , who must persuade the audience ( judge and jury ) to be ...
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... similar in purpose to a lawyer making an opening statement . No one makes an effort to determine the veracity of their claims . Rather , this initial declaration seems to be more an attempt to convince the listeners that this version of ...
... similar in purpose to a lawyer making an opening statement . No one makes an effort to determine the veracity of their claims . Rather , this initial declaration seems to be more an attempt to convince the listeners that this version of ...
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... similar to that of a courtroom ' Judge [ who ] decides what the jury should use to make its decision ' ( Dicks 190 ) . Later she admits to Jeronimus that although the evidence was not enough to convince her , ' [ ... ] doch muß die ...
... similar to that of a courtroom ' Judge [ who ] decides what the jury should use to make its decision ' ( Dicks 190 ) . Later she admits to Jeronimus that although the evidence was not enough to convince her , ' [ ... ] doch muß die ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Die Familie Schroffenstein | 25 |
Der zerbrochne Krug and Oedipus the King | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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