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dc.contributor.authorLechner, Judith H. (Judith Heidi)eng
dc.contributor.authorKobs, Michael, 1979-eng
dc.contributor.meetingnameBody Project (1st : 2008 : Columbia, Missouri)eng
dc.date.issued2008eng
dc.descriptionAbstract of a presentation given at the 2008 Body Project conference at the University of Missouri-Columbia.eng
dc.description.abstractDepictions of dissevered heads and smashed brains are abundant in German Literature: starting from descriptions of violence in the medieval literature, to the splattered brains of Dr. Faustus in early modern times to the brutal images of Expressionism. Especially brains as organs and ideas are strangely on the border between solid and fluid, precious and useless, body and mind. Therefore, by focusing on the brain, we concentrate on the connection between body and soul. The brain is considered to be the seat of the intellect. It distinguishes the human being from an animal, it is the place where the development of humanity took place. By destroying the brain the existence of a human is irrevocable executed. The topos of smashing brains appears in German Literature over several centuries.eng
dc.format.extent2 pageseng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/402eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherThe Body Projecteng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate Student Association. The Body Projecteng
dc.rightsOpenAccesseng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subjectmedieval literatureeng
dc.subjectExpressionismeng
dc.subjectritualseng
dc.subjectbody-soul connectioneng
dc.subject.lcshMind and body in literatureeng
dc.subject.lcshMurder in literatureeng
dc.subject.lcshSpies, Johann -- Faustuseng
dc.subject.lcshHeym, Georg, 1887-1912 -- Der Irreeng
dc.titleSmashed Brains in German Literature [abstract]eng
dc.typeAbstracteng
dc.typePresentationeng


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