表題番号：2021C-066
日付：2021/10/28
研究課題L.A.ウンツァーの再発見された宗教哲学的文書に関する研究
| 研究者所属（当時） | 資格 | 氏名 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| （代表者） | 文学学術院 文学部 | 教授 | クラヴィッター アルネ |
- 研究成果概要
- Ludwig August Unzer (1748–1774) belongs to the rather forgotten German poets of the 18th century. However, during his short lifetime he became famous for his poetical experiments and was notorious for his critique of established poets like Gellert and Wieland. Together with Jakob Mauvillon (1743–1794) he published the so-called 'Letters on German Poets‘ (Ueber den Werth einiger Deutschen Dichter, 2 vols. 1771/72) which caused a sensation immediately after appearance. While in the first part Gellert's entire poetic oeuvre is critically dissected and dismantled, in the second part the authors rank the German poets by subjecting their poems to a comprehensive classification according to the aspects of an aesthetic of genius. The radicalism of this aesthetic approach is reflected in the largely devastating criticism that the Letters received in the relevant review organs. However, some judgments, such as by Goethe, reveal that these 'Letters on German Poets' written according to the Socratic method can be considered in retrospect as a 'ferment' of a provocative criticism in the spirit of Genius aesthetics and as a harbinger of the 'Sturm and Drang' movement.Another aspect of my research was Unzer's philosophical legacy. During my research I was able to find a copy of Unzer's lost work 'Vermächtnisse für Zweifler' (transl. Legacies for Doubters) in the Royal Library of Denmark in Copenhagen. It is an anonymous publication which couldn't be found in any other library anywhere until now. However, the correspondence of Jakob Mauvillon finally informs me about the authorship of this treatise. In my publication about that unknown text I show that this small pamphlet can be regarded as the religious-philosophical testament of the poet.